2424328 - Japan: New Name Fields: Introduction of Business First Name and Business Last Name

New name fields "Business First Name" and "Business Last Name" are added in Personal information portlet including the alternate language sections

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Official Last name and Official First name fields should be added for Identity confirmation in My Number Legal Change.

• In Japan, most companies accept maiden name in the usual business context, such as business card, e-mail address, payslip etc. But official name is required for legal reports. 

            (Example) First name: Yuko (優子 in Kanji, ユウコ in Katakana), Last name: Suzuki (鈴木 in Kanji, スズキ in Katakana), Official Last name: Yamada (山田 in Kanji, ヤマダ in Katakana) 

            For usual business context, such as business card etc. Her name should be shown as “鈴木 優子” in Kanji, i.e. Last name + First name.

            For legal reports, her name should be shown as “山田 優子” in Kanji, i.e. Official Last name + First name. 

• Some foreign nationals may have business name not only in last name, but also in first name. 

           (Example) First name: Yoshiko (淑子 in Kanji, ヨシコ in Katakana), Last name: Kaneda (金田 in Kanji, カネダ in Katakana), Official Last name: Kim (金 in Kanji, キム in Katakana), Official First name: Hyun Suk (賢淑 in Kanji, ヒョンスク in Katakana) 

           For usual business context, such as business card etc. Her name should be shown as “金田 淑子” in Kanji, i.e. Last name + First name. 

           For some legal reports, her name should be shown as “金田 淑子” and “金 賢淑” if both are registered in her municipal city. 

• Foreign nationals can have middle name. It’s required to show in some legal reports. Accurate names are required for identity confirmation for my number LC. 

           (Example) First name: Tulio (トゥーリオ in Katakana), Last name: Tanaka (タナカ in Katakana), Middle name: Murzani (ムルザニ in Katakana), Official First name: Marcus Tulio Lyuji (マルクス トゥーリオ ユージ in Katakana) 

           For usual business context, such as business card etc. His name can be shown as “タナカ トゥーリオ” in Katakana, i.e. Last name + First name. 

           For some legal reports, his name should be shown as “Tanaka Marcus Tulio Lyuji Murzani”, i.e. Last name + First name + Middle name.

 

Official Last name and Official First name fields is been added for legal reports and Identity confirmation in My Number Legal Change.

• Official First name and Official Last name fields is been added in EC standard fields (Personal Info)
• These fields are also availlble for alternative language to support multiple scripts (English = Romaji, Kanji and Katakana)
• Replication to EC Payroll is been provided for these fields.

In ERP HCM, Official name fields has been provided as “Koseki” name fields, but the label was renamed as “Official Last name”. Koseki (Kanji), Koseki (Katakana) and Koseki (Romaji)

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Japan New Name feild Business First Name Business Last Name , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-PER-PRS , Personal Info - Config, Rules, RBP, UI , Product Enhancement

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