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Unusual names can complicate life in Japan. Now parents are being reined in.

www.japantimes.co.jp Unusual names can complicate life in Japan. Now parents are being reined in.

As such names have increased, so has attention to cases of people unhappy with them. But critics say new rules may infringe on the right to be creative.

Unusual names can complicate life in Japan. Now parents are being reined in.

As such names have increased, so has attention to cases of people unhappy with them. But critics say new rules may infringe on the right to be creative.

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  • I have a weird name and cursed it as a child. As an adult it doesn’t bother me but I wouldn’t subject a child to anything but one of the top 100 names or something.