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Foreigner's names are written in katakana, but I noticed that the middle
initial is always written in romaji. I see this on business cards and in
newspaper articles, when a middle initial is used.
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katakana rōmaji
Why is a foreign person's middle initial written in romaji instead of katakana?
Simply, using Latin alphabet can clearly tell us it's the initial. Also it's
shorter.

  * マイケル・ジェイ・フォックス → Is this ジェイ something like "Jay"? 
  * マイケル・J・フォックス → It's meant to be the initial!

Everyone knows how to read Latin alphabet, so there is very little drawback.
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