Am I allowed to have a name with kanji in it in America? I plan to move to Japan permanently and I feel like they will try to make me wait until I move there, so I don't know if I should waste my time with the paperwork and fees.
>Eathern
>>50544638MecranyVoansEathern Amrz Uhhh.... Jerqitor?
私が特別の人ですよ。本当に。私を信じろ。
>>50544638>Eat her n-
>>50545168uggets!
So... Can I get that name change, boss?
>>50544631>>50546478No. You're allowed to have letters and a few punctuation marks (apostrophes, hyphens, etc.) and that's it. You're not even allowed to have numbers in a name unless you spell them out. Do you really think some random American is gonna know what to do with paperwork or ID for someone named 山田太郎?You can of course get your name changed to a romanization of whatever you plan to be known by in Japanese, but frankly it's not worth it. You only need a name written in kanji if you intend to become a Japanese citizen, and even then you'll only need to do that towards the end of the process (which will take years). Other than that simply transliterating your name into kana will be fine most of the time.
>>50544653I jerq it off lol
>>50546531何故ですか。
People are allowed to swap their fucking gender at will and I'm not allowed to change my name to what I want? Okay. Sorry. Guess I'll go be a girl.
>>50544631just change your name to ashida kim
>>50548239Look if you wanna be the Artist Formerly Known As, go ahead. The law can't tell you how to tell people how to write your preferred alias.
>>50549060Yeah, but Facebook can tell me not to change my name for 60 days, the hyper text transfer protocol says I can't use kanji in my address bar, Japan itself tells me I still have to look at English when I move to Japan, whoever controls e-mail addresses gets to say I can't have kanji or katakana in those, websites with mobile versions say I can't have my Japanese horizontal, X handles have to be in Latin characters (yeah, yeah, anonymity is better anyway. I know.), and nobody values intelligence enough to maintain the use of plant and animal kanji or create new non-gairaigo for modern digital and mechanical concepts.
>>50544631No
>>50550368But if I traveled back in time to do it so I could stop the world from getting destroyed, it would be okay, right? I can't believe the bias on this website.
>>50544995HmmmNyo
>>50548239The government draws the line at things that make you harder to document.
>>50564655Tracking =! Documenting
The law can't tell you how to tell people how to write your preferred alias.
>>50570008Is that so?
>>50549234Almost like the universe is trying to tell you something! You will never be Japanese.
>>50574035The universe can tell me that I can't be Asian all it wants, but it cannot tell me that I won't be Japanese.
To have a name in kanji, I have to be a citizen of Japan. To be a citizen of Japan, I have to either get married or join a company. To get married or get a job, I have to be successfully social. To be successfully social, I feel that I need a name in kanji. Am I supposed to fight for the chicken, the egg, or the entire farm?>inb4 no one cares what your name is
whoever controls e-mail addresses gets to say I can't have kanji or katakana in those
