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Q: Japanese names are in the order of "first name and last name", but in Europe and the United States, the order is reversed and "first name and last name".
Therefore, it is common to reverse the Japanese name according to the "Western style" only when writing it in the alphabet. Passports and credit cards are also written in that order.

[Example]
Japanese style: 大坂なおみ
Western style: Naomi Osaka

However, some people may find it uncomfortable to write in a different order.

In China and South Korea, names are written in the same order of "first name and last name" as in Japan, but writing in the alphabet does not change the order. In Japan, the "Western style" order has been used since the Meiji era, but in May 2019, the government called on the media to change the order to the original "first name and last name". It may change in the future. Does this sound natural?
A: × Japanese names are in the order of "first name and last name", but in Europe and the United States, the order is reversed and "first name and last name".
✓ Japanese names go in order of last to first name, but in Europe and the United States the order is reversed to first to last name.

× Therefore, it is common to reverse the Japanese name according to the "Western style" only when writing it in the alphabet.
✓ Because of this, it‘s common to write Japanese names with the surname coming first when writing in English.

× Japanese style: 大坂なおみ
✓ The Japanese way: 大坂なおみ

× Western style: Naomi Osaka
✓ The western way: Naomi Osaka

× However, some people may find it uncomfortable to write in a different order.
✓ However, some people may find it uncomfortable to write it that way.

× In China and South Korea, names are written in the same order of "first name and last name" as in Japan, but writing in the alphabet does not change the order.
✓ In China and South Korea, names are written in the same way as in Japan, but writing them in English does not change their order.

× In Japan, the "Western style" order has been used since the Meiji era, but in May 2019, the government called on the media to change the order to the original "first name and last name".
✓ In Japan, the "Western style" order has been used since the Meiji era, but in May 2019, the government called on the media to change the order to the original last name to first name.

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