Japanese+input+on+Windows+and+Mac

Windows seven
1.) Open start menu 2.) Open control panel 3.) Open section named Clock, Language, and Region 4.) Select “Change keyboards or other input methods” 5.) Under the Keyboards and Languages tab, select Change Keyboards 6.) On the menu that appears, select the add button on the first open tab, General 7.) Select Japanese from the list, and hit select 8.) There should now be a language bar at the bottom of your screen that says EN, at any time where you what to type in Japanese, click the EN, and a small menu will appear, when it does, click JP, to select your input language as Japanese. When you do this, the language bar should change, and there should be a large A now, click it, and from the menu that appears, select hiragana. (should be pre-installed, but if not, refer to vista’s download instructions, should work)

Windows vista:
You need to run Windows Update. You can do this by going to "Start" -> "Control Panel" -> and under the Security section, click "Check For Updates".
 * 1) Click Start and then Control Panel
 * 2) In Control Panel, if you are in Classic View, click on Control Panel Home (top left corner)
 * 3) Open Clock, Language, and Region
 * 4) Click on Regional and Language Options.
 * 5) Click the Keyboards and Languages tab and then click Change keyboards.
 * 6) Under Installed services, click Add.
 * 7) In the Add Input Language dialog box, select the keyboard layout you would like to add from the list available and click OK.
 * 8) The keyboard layout you added will be included in the list. To set the new layout as your default, select it from the list. Click OK to save your changes
 * 9) You can switch between different input languages (= keyboard languages) by clicking on the Language Bar button or by pressing the Alt + Shift keys

You should now see a screen mentioning what are called "Optional Updates". Click "View Available Updates" for the optional updates, then tick the box next to the update called "Japanese Language Pack" and click "install" at the bottom-right side of the screen.

Windows will now download and install the language pack and you will have to restart your computer.

Windows XP:
[] for language pack for XP
 * 1) Click Start and then Control Panel
 * 2) In Control Panel, if you are in Category View, click on Switch to Classic View (top left corner)
 * 3) Open Regional and Language Options.
 * 4) Click on the Languages tab.
 * 5) Under Text services and input languages, click on the Details button.
 * 6) Under Installed services, click Add.
 * 7) In the Add Input Language dialog box, choose the input language and keyboard layout or Input Method Editor (IME) you want to add.
 * 8) Click OK twice. You should now see a language indicator in the System Tray (located at bottom right hand corner of the desktop by default). You can switch between different input languages (= keyboard languages) by pressing the Alt + Shift keys

Windows 2000:
1. Start the Regional Options Control Panel applet (Start, Settings, Control Panel, Regional Options). 2. Select the General tab. 3. For the "Menus and dialogs" option, select the appropriate language from the drop-down list. 4. Click OK. 5. Click No when asked whether the system should make the change for all users on the machine. 6. Log off, then log on for the new language option to take effect.

MAC
1. System preferences—language and text—Input sources—scroll down to Kotoeri and click box. Toggle between Japanese and English by pressing command and space bar or clicking on icon on top right of screen. Wow! That was simple!