User blog comment:Elvoblue/ A possible spoiler of future events in Shingeki No Kyojin/@comment-179280-20130910182547/@comment-7418318-20130910191604

In this case the wiki is either outright wrong or refering to some very old and obscure piece of writing.

"Morgenland" (in english this would translate as morning-land, or maybe dawn-land) and Orient refer mainly to Arabia and sometimes go as far as India, but never beyond that.

China, Vientnam, Japan and those areas are called the "Ferner Osten" or "Far East" in english and always have been since the time of Marco Polo.

And the reason why Mikasa has an asian first name and german last name is easily explained. While her mother was oriental, her father wasn't and usually the family name is the one of the father's family.