On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 10:15 PM Etsuro Fujita <etsuro.fuj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Attached is a patch to standardize Japanese names as given-name-first
> in the v13 contributors list as before.

I recently read that the Japanese government issued a decree about this:

https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/01/02/why-japanese-names-have-flipped

In my opinion the Japanese practice of family name first is not
confusing in any way. However, it can be confusing when it is applied
inconsistently.

-- 
Peter Geoghegan


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