I've never seen spaces before in Japanese.

The other day, however, I noticed that Shin Kubota's name in Japanese is often
stylized with a space:

> 久保田 信

which really struck me.

It isn't necessarily always written this way, as I have seen, but it certainly
is not an accident.

This all got me wondering: when are spaces used in Japanese? There must be a
point, and a rule?
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Usage of spaces in Japanese?
There "should be" a space between family name (姓{せい} / 苗字{みょうじ}) and the name
(名前{なまえ}) actually.

This wiki page has no English version but just for your reference:
[和字間隔{わじかんかく}](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%92%8C%E5%AD%97%E9%96%93%E9%9A%94)

I have read this [post
(姓名{せいめい}の表記法{ひょうきほう}について)](http://oshiete.goo.ne.jp/qa/2353377.html) and
found a nice answer.

In articles, writers don't use spaces in character / people names. But in many
(maybe all other) situations, we put that space.

I'm sorry I am not sure the exact reason or the story of that spaces, etc. But
the advantages are pretty clear. It will be much easy to know which is family
name and which is the name. As you know Kanji doesn't like English. And also,
it is type of respect. We do specially to writing others' names.

But the sum up, we don't HAVE TO put the spaces.

Also, about spaces in Japanese writting. Young students sometimes actually put
a space after Joshi (助詞{じょし}) (particle), to make the sentence more easy to
read.
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The answer to your question is funny enough. The are no space in the written
language, because they are not necessary. Hiragana e Kanji do a nice job when
it comes to logically divide the meaning of the words, while Katakana takes
care of non-Japanese words. It's true that some are written in Hiragana only,
but they are so common to be unmistakable, e.g. こんにちは, ありがとう, etc., and easily
discernible when next to particles or adverbs.

I think the reason to insert sometimes a space between first and last name is
also practical. Some last names are hard to read for Japanese as well, as they
could have rare readings. Having them visually split may help.
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