> 半田さん (Handa-san)

I don't know any Japanese at all, and I wonder: is `-san' a suffix
used when speaking of a person informally; somewhat like the use of
first name (rather than `Mr' or `Ms' and last name) in the Western
culture?  Or is it part of his name?

So many things to learn,
kai
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