Osutori

In Japanese Austria and Australia basically sound identical. I usually have to mention that I am from Europe, and that there are no Kangaroos where I come from. Sometimes it also helps mentioning Vienna or Mozart :-)

Anyway, seems as though there is finally a solution to the problem. Austria's name in Japanese will be changed from Osutoria to its original form: Osutori. Dropping the last "a" will make it sound different from Osutoraria (which is Australia's Japanese name).

There is more information at ORF.at (German). And Matsusaka has also sent me the official document (PDF, German and Japanese). However, this seems to be somehow unofficial and some are objecting to this change... anyway, I think it's a great idea.