Japan set to ban designer kanji readings used in names

https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-sets-rules-on-name-readings-to-curb-flashy-kirakira-names

I think it's funny that it isn't just a western phenomenon of people naming their kids very atypical names. I never knew, though, that people were just giving whatever kanji to their kids names with a completely unrelated "spoken" name. I always imagined they would use kana for those types of names.