"There's no such thing as a first and last name in Japan or anywhere in the Far East that I am aware of"

The ignorant think that if they shout loud and long enough, they win.

If you want to search and C&P for longer than I did, you will find much more:

A list of common first and last names with alternate spellings in kanji.

Japanese Names
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Name order:

In Japan, like in China and Korea, the first name follows the family name. A person with the first name "Ichiro" and the family name "Suzuki" is, therefore, called "Suzuki Ichiro" rather than "Ichiro Suzuki".
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Japanese Boys' Names
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Birth Order Names

Until a generation or two ago, the most popular class of boys' names were birth order names: Taro (first), Jiro (second), Saburo (third), Shiro (fourth), Goro (fifth). Taro got so much play that it's a generic suffix for "boy" now. All of these names are now far, far out of style, though you might see them used as suffixes.
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A list of most common Japanese family names ordered by prefecture.

Wikipedia - Japanese Names
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There are a few names that can be used as either surnames or given names ... In addition, to those familiar with Japanese names, which name is the surname and which is the given name is usually apparent, no matter which order the names are presented in. This thus makes it unlikely that the two names will be confused, for example when writing in English using the order family name, given name. However, due to the variety of pronunciations and differences in languages, some common surnames and given names may coincide when Romanized...
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