People - Part I

This section will be about the Japanese overall. How they address one another and respect each other.

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• Name order
• Suffixes to names
• Meanings in names
• Customs when greeting others

Name order

In the Western world, we are used to introducing ourselves to others giving out our first name then our surname. This is also done when writing our name down on an application or some form of identification. It is the opposite in Japan, the family name (surname) comes first.

For instance:

In order to not confuse people who read this site, I have kept the names in Western format throughout.

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