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One of my coworkers is pure Japanese, but she has a middle name. Even if people are Japanese, they get middle name when living in abroad?
One of my coworkers is pure Japanese, but she has a middle name. Even if people are Japanese, they get middle name when living in abroad?
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what is the middle name? is it English or Japanese I wonder?
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