User blog comment:Bluetiger0824/Retired names of the 2017 Pacific Typhoon Season/@comment-33388760-20180304225427/@comment-33388760-20180304231242

The JMA itself doesn't name the typhoons. All 14 countries on the Typhoon Committee have a say. They're used for international purposes. Locally, each country has a different nomenclature. For instance, Japan uses numbers and so does Vietnam I believe (which would explain why they haven't ever requested a single name).