Mavericks switches language when I don't want it to

After updating to Mavericks last night I find my mac has taken to converting my name written in English into Japanese (I'm in Japan and do use Japanese a lot, but the system main language is set to English, and this problem is occurring in the middle of otherwise all-English text).
It's a headache when it happens in apps like Mail - I have to keep going back and re-correcting stuff - but the biggest problem is that I cannot sign in to the App Store to upgrade the apps (like iPhoto) that are no longer compatible since I made the mistake of upgrading to Mavericks. When I try to enter my ID (=my email address) it gets automatically converted into Chinese characters; I convert it back again, but the instant I click 'Continue' it converts back again and I get a message that my 'ID or password were entered incorrectly'. I re-enter the ID, the same thing happens, I get the same error message and this time I get sent to the Apple ID website to reset my password 'for security reasons'. I've reset my password so many times, I'm getting dizzy.
I did manage to log into the iTunes Store, but now it says that 'This ID is valid only for the iTunes Store in Japan', which isn't much help.
How can I stop Mavericks messing about with my languages? Is there no alternative but to go back to OS10.6.8?

Thank you both! You both solved the problem by pointing to the keyboard preferences, but it seems I can only mark one answer as 'This solved my question'.
When I checked System Preferences > Keyboard, under Text I found a list of automatic replacements that included my namebeing converted from English to Japanese. (I know they weren't there before Mavericks!) As a bonus I also found that I could choose British spelling, which seems to have solved another problem I had up until now of Word automatically slipping back into American spelling even though I'd set everything for British - I write/proofread for a living, so this was a big headache and Microsoft hadn't been able to explain why this happened.
My only input source has always been Kotoeri. The 'flag' shows a large letter A when I'm typing English and a hiragana あ or a katakana ア when I'm typing Japanese. I had no problems until Mavericks (except with Word).
I'm in Japan, so the Japanese flag at the bottom of the App Store page is the 'correct' flag. I tried changing it to the UK flag to see what would happen, and when I tried to sign in (successfully this time, no conversions) I got a message saying my ID was valid only for Japan, and got automatically switched back. The iPhoto update seems to be downloading no problem now.
Again, thank you both very much.

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