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Your Name in Japanese

Japan Has No Field for Your Middle Name

Japanese forms have two name fields and your passport has three names. Where the middle name goes, when to drop it, and when dropping it breaks a booking.

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Your Name in Japanese

Surname First or Last: What to Write Where

Japan flipped its own romanized name order in January 2020. What that means for the order you write, and where a swapped name creates a mismatch.

Megan Rothwell