JAPANESE WORD PROCESSOR.

Japanese have a unique writing system: it employs four types of letters and symbols - Kanji (Chinese characters), two types of Kana, Hira-Kana and Kata-Kana, and alphanumerics. The number of Kanji characters used in newspapers and business exceeds more than three thousand. Thus, it has been impossible to develop a Japanese typewriter as compact and convenient as western typewriters. In order to overcome this problem, Kana-to-Kanji translation technology was developed to realize a new Japanese word processor. The development of the Japanese word processor was the turning point in promoting office automation in Japan. Japanese word processors are now widely used in offices, libraries, newspaper, and publishing companies.