Japanese full names mentioned in this book are written in the Japanese order, with family names followed by given names.
The Hepburn style of romanization is applied in rendering Japanese words, and macrons indicating long vowelsâfor example, âoÌâ as in jokoÌ (female worker)âin order to convey the pronunciation of Japanese words. The Japanese words in the Hepburn style are italicized, as exemplified in the above example.