Japanese name ordering.
Ben Finney
ben+bazaar at benfinney.id.au
Fri Jan 22 21:56:05 GMT 2010
INADA Naoki <songofacandy at gmail.com> writes:
> So we use UPPERCASE for surname to clarify the name sometimes.
> (I'll unify the name order to INADA Naoki)
The issue of surname and given-name ordering affects many cultures
around the world. I believe the USA's Central Intelligence Agency
promotes the convention of spelling a surname in UPPERCASE, to make it
clear which name is the surname regardless of its position within the
name.
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