Instructions for installing Japanese keyboard for Windows

Today, Japanese also becomes one of the popular languages ​​chosen by many people. However, one problem is that you cannot type and use Japanese on your computer, unless you have special support tools.

And Google Japanese Input is one of the solutions that will help you can install and use Japanese keyboard right on Windows 7/8/10 computer. After successfully installing Google Japanese Input, a Japanese virtual keyboard will appear on the device. And we can freely type any content we want, use it for different purposes such as typing text content, sending letters, chatting with friends in Japanese. In particular, the Google Japanese Input installation process is very simple and fast.

Method 1: Install Japanese keyboard on Windows 8 / 8.1 and Windows 10

For Windows 8 and above, follow these steps to install Japanese keyboard and type Japanese on computer.

Click ENG or VIE in the lower right corner of the screen (next to the time and date notice)> Select Language preferences

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Choose Add language > find Japanese

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Click Japanese> Add

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Then, click on ENG or VIE> select Japanese

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When there will appear an A symbol next to the Japanese icon, you need to click on the text box to type text on the web, chat frame or text editor file to enable the option to change settings. Then right-click on the letter A, in the menu, select the Japanese input method you want.

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After selecting Hiragana, the letter A will change to the red circled symbol below:

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And here is the result:

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Please turn off Unikey or switch it to English mode to type in Japanese without error.

Method 2: Install Japanese keyboard with Google Japanese Input

Step 1:

First of all, download the Google Japanese Input tool using the link below to install the Japanese keyboard for your computer.

1. Google Japanese Input

Step 2:

At the main interface of Google Japanese Input, we will check the box Accept and Install .

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Step 3:

Next we wait for the process to successfully download and install the Google Japanese Input tool on the computer.

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Step 4:

Then, the interface of the new Google Japanese Input window appears. Here, the user will proceed to set up the tool. If you want to use Google Japanese Input as the default input language of your computer , click on the first item Set Google Japanese Input as the default IME, then click OK to save.

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Step 5:

In the Taskbar on your computer, click on the blue circle icon to check if you have switched to Japanese language input mode on your computer.

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Step 6:

Next, we will click the letter A next to the circle, then select the Japanese alphabet to use, such as the Hiragana alphabet.

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So we can enter Japanese on the computer already. To return to the old Vietnamese input mode, click on the circle icon and select VI or EN.

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The above is a guide to install Japanese typing tool with Google Japanese Input on Windows computer. If you are in need of learning Japanese on your computer, don't skip this article.

Refer to the following articles:

1. Fix the error Unikey can't type Vietnamese

1. Fix errors not typing Vietnamese on Chrome

1. How to convert font code with Unikey

I wish you all success!