What does a japanese keyboard look like?
The Japanese Keyboard looks similar to a normal qwerty keyboard except it has a few extra buttons and a smaller spacebar. There are some Japanese keyboards with the chararactors printed onto the keys but most Japanese use English letters (Romanji) to type the words and the computer automatically changes the text into either Hirogana or Katakana as it is typed. I am English and am studying Japanese language but I have a standard UK keyboard with only English characters on it but I can use it to type in the Japanese words. You can add the Japanese character set in XP if you go to the Control panel and choose the Keyboard option and add a Japanese keyboard (you don’t need to physically plug in a second keyboard), you may also need to choose the advanced option to display the Asian character support. If you have added the keyboard correctly, you will have a new icon on your taskbar which displays EN but you can switch to the Japanese input by clicking this button and choosing JP. If you do
