The rest of the order was determined by the Japanese alphabet, save for a few exceptions. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. After a year of wondering whether or not the games would go on ...

The order of the parade of nations varies almost ... The nations of the world follow based on the Japanese alphabet. For English speakers, this will mean an adjustment. Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan ...

This year's Parade of Nations follows the traditional procession order, with Greece leading the pack and most of the other countries arriving in alphabetical order, according to the host nation's ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the order of Japanese names when rendered into the Latin alphabet. Question: Education Minister Masahiko Shibayama has ...

You need to understand that there is not only one Japanese language alphabet but there are three writing systems that work together namely Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji. To deeply understand the ...

That’s because the participating teams didn’t enter according to the English alphabetical order, but by the order set in the Japanese language. That meant Iceland entered second after Greece ...