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And then never move to Japan (or any other country where names are expected not to have Latin letters in them)

Or rather, if you move countries, change your name to one that fits. It's pretty normal and really not that hard.

Interestingly, it seems that Japan does have a procedure for foreigners to officially adopt a Japanese name. Changing your name is often very hard, and doing it in a country where you're not a citizen might be completely impossible, depending on the country.

> Japan does have a procedure for foreigners to officially adopt a Japanese name.

Sort of but not really. The post-2012 residence cards do not display a registered alias anywhere, and since those cards are what banks are required to KYC you on, a lot of banks won't allow you to use a registered alias which in turn means it's hard to use it for anything else (credit cards, phone, pension...). It's very non-joined-up government.

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