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Displaying Japanese Characters

Is your computer able to display Japanese characters? Do you wish to write Japanese characters with your computer?
Displaying Japanese Characters
There are several ways to display Japanese characters depending on your operating system. In some cases you need to install special Japanese language software on your computer.
CosCom: Installing Japanese Fonts
You need Japanese fonts in your system in order to view Japanese characters (Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji) properly.
Japanese Software and Information
There are some free software that people (especially students) interested in Japanese may find useful.
Kiko-Net: Description for Japanese
You will have detail description of system of Japanese language and how to display written in Japanese correctly on the Internet, to read/write e-mail in Japanese and to prepare a website in Japanese.
The Web KANZAKI: Using Japanese language on your computer
You can display Japanese on your computer in some ways. With appropriate software, you can type and edit Japanese as well.

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