Talk:Kichimura Washuu/@comment-10733658-20161026182400/@comment-24494906-20161027205849

I think you're missing the point. It's legally not possible to enter three names in the Japanese family register. Even if you are a foreigner. So if you're called "Martin Luther King" and become naturalized, your name will be entered as either "Martin King" or "Martinluther King" into the family register, but not "Martin Luther King". Which means if Ishida intended this long name (which I'm still not sure about), then his surname is "Washuu-Furuta" (or rather: "Washuufuruta") and nothing else. Ishida even made that clear through spacing: He wrote 和修旧多 宗太, not 和修 旧多 宗太.

And foreigners leading a Japanese government agency? Are you serious?