In my opinion, it’s because of the origins of their names. Most names of Europeans, Americans and Arabians, such as John, Mary and Muhammad, come from their dominant religions. It is therefore natural that those people do not hesitate to reveal their real name, because they are sure that there are many people who share their name in the world.

In contrast, Far Easterners do not generally have common origins in their name, and it is not so difficult to specify ones only from their given names.

In addition, there actually are nasty people on the Web who are eager to abuse others by identifying them. For example, if an eighteen-years-old collage student wrote in his blog “I got drunk” and he almost expelled from the university (Under twenties are legally prohibited from drinking here, though collage students and those who have jobs are virtually exempted from the restriction), because many stupid internet users put pressure to his (private) university. In Korea, some people have even committed suicide after being severely abused on the Web. It is thus a real danger for us to reveal our real name on the Web.

By the way, “So” is a shortened form of my real name. I’m having no fear in revealing it, because it’s quite common in Japanese name.