Government to citizens: stop renaming yourselves "Salmon"
A sushi promotion in Taiwan led hundreds of people to legally change their names to "Salmon," only to discover some people couldn't change them back. In March 2021, Japanese sushi chain Sushiro offered free meals to anyone whose name contained the Chinese characters for salmon (鮭魚, guīyú). The promotion sparked what Tai…
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