How to Process Japanese on Non-Japanese systems

Below you find a list of handy tools enabling you to view and/or process Japanese language on non-Japanese computer systems. We will continually update this page.

1. Windows Systems
• AsiaSurf: a multilingual software driver supporting CJK, similar to NJWin (US$ 69.00)
• J-Text Pro: Japanese word processor for Windows, supports email, includes a KanjiReader, TrueType Fonts and character tables
• Japanese WordMage: multilingual word processor that offers features such as study aid, HTML editor, flashcards, Kanji reference dictionary & grammar library builder
• JReader: provides a PC operating under MS-DOS with the capability to read and display a text file containing Japanese characters (kana & kanji), with the option of looking up the displayed words in a Japanese/English dictionary file or in a kanji-to-kana yomikata file
• JWPce: free Japanese word processor, enhanced version of JWP
• Kanji Kit: Japanese Support Utility for Windows, email support, japanese language input on English applications, compatible with many online tools such as Macromedia Freehand, Fireworks etc. (US$ 199.00, educational discount US$ 149.00)
• Microsoft Global IME: Microsoft Global Input Method Editors offer Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK) language support for Word 2000 documents, web-based forms and emails, work swith Windows 9x and Windows NT; the latest version Gobal is IME for OfficeXP (free)
• NJStar: Japanese Word processor 4.33 supporting Unicode RTF, HTML editing; E <=> J dictionary, bilingual menu, file conversions (EUC, Shift-JIS, New-JIS, Old-JIS, NEC-JIS), double byte editing etc (Basic version US$ 99.00, Pro US$ 199.00, ProPlus US$ 299.00)
• Read Japanese!: Windows application that permits to read Japanese text, display Japanese characters, to identify Kanji characters and to look up words in a dictionary (US$ 149.00, students & educators US$ 99.00)
• Shodouka: this service lets you view pages containing Japanese characters (in the JIS, EUC, or Shift-JIS encodings) without requiring Japanese language support in your browser or operating system
• TwinBridge Japanese Partner 2000 NT Version: for Win95/98/ME allows Japanese characters to be processed in any Windows based applications; supports Unicode and offers additional fonts with enhanced quality (US$ 249.00)
• UnionWay AsianSuite 2000: 32 bit multi-lingual system to support Windows 2000, NT, 95/98 and lots of Win 32 applications for Chinese, Japanese and Korean language (US$ 199.00)
2. Macintosh Systems
• E-tomo for Macintosh: a Japanese e-mail utility written by Atsushi Fukada (freeware)
• I like Japan: Japanese text viewer, works with any .txt format; requires System 7.0 or later
• Musashi 3.2.5: a multi-user compatible email client for Macintosh; also compatible with old type Macintosh systems (free)
• TurboWriter Word Processor: for Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Thai & Tibetan, with an online English, Japanese, and Traditional Chinese dictionary and word-level translation tool
• Unicorn Editor v1.2.2: a CJK-capable text editor based on the WASTE text engine, compatible with MacOS System 7.1+ (Shareware: US$ 20)
• Zafir: text editor with built-in support for the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages; Zafir is not a full-featured word processor.

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