TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan aims to change the way Japanese names are written in English by putting the family name first, the same way they are written in Japanese, in a triumph for conservatives keen to ...

If you go to Japan, there’s a chance you might meet someone with an unusual name – such as “Nike,” “Pikachu” or “Pudding.” While still a minority, these names have grown in popularity over recent ...

A reader says it’s time for Western news media to defer to Japanese practice. To the Editor: Re “On Names, Japan’s Foreign Minister Says, Western News Outlets Get It Backward” (news article, May 23): ...

Tokyo – Japan’s Foreign Ministry wants the world to begin using the traditional order for Japanese names, with family names first. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would become Abe Shinzo, as he is known in ...

(TOKYO) — Japan’s cabinet has selected the nation’s 248th era name, part of a tradition dating back to the 7th century: “Reiwa.” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announced the name on Monday.