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Foreign Minister Taro Kono to ask media to switch ...
It looks like it. From his wikipedia article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar%C5%8D_K%C5%8Dno
it looks like his father's name is Yōhei Kōno which which suggests that Kono is his family name.
Hamuko
on May 21, 2019
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Taro is also a very common Japanese male name. Think of "John".
TazeTSchnitzel
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You can also just read the Japanese pronunciation in brackets :)
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it looks like his father's name is Yōhei Kōno which which suggests that Kono is his family name.