Most game titles are in English, actually, because most of the world learns english, except America, where it isn't required too...
Nobuo Uematsu, is how you spell it btw.
If you want to know what Final Fantasy is in Japanese, not only can you use a translator, but I always thought there were Japanese Symbols under the newer games title, which said it in japanese, or at least on the japanese websites it does...
I always found it stranger when game companies had english names, like Square-soft.
THE JACKEL