Abe’s New Word Order
As &quot;a tall white foreigner with a big nose&quot; it&#x27;s a pretty random tossup between someone introducing themselves in family name first order or family name last order, even when speaking Japanese. This occasionally leads to the awkward situation of not knowing how to refer to someone right after meeting them.<p>I use &quot;GivenName FamilyName&quot; when speaking English and &quot;FamilyName GivenName&quot; when speaking Japanese.  I assumed this was the default.  Of course, then I discovered Korean names and Chinese names generally didn&#x27;t follow this rule in English.