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Displaying Japanese under any language version of Windows 2000

 If you are using Windows 2000, Japanese Input Methods and Fonts are included on the Windows 2000 Professional CD-ROM, and are easily installed. If you do not have the installation CD, use this other method.

To install the necessary fonts, click Start, then Settings to open the Control Panel.
Select Regional Options. If you find "Regional settings" instead of "regional options", your PC does not run Windows 2000 but Windows 95/98/Me.

 Click the General tab if necessary.
At the bottom of the box, under the section marked Language settings for the system, select Japanese and any language you wish to use by marking the appropriate checkboxes.

Regional options

 After clicking OK or Apply, you may be prompted to insert your original Windows 2000 CD-ROM and you may be prompted to reboot your system after the files have been installed. After installation is complete, you will be able to browse text in any of the languages you checked. If you also wish to enter text in a foreign language, again open the Control Panel and select Regional Options. Select the Input Locales tab. By clicking the Add... button, you may install additional input locales as desired.

If you do not have the installation CD-Rom

 If you do not have the installation CD-Rom and just want to display Japanese in a web browser and in the applet on this site (but not enter text), the simplest way is to connect to a Japanese web site with Internet Explorer. You browser will then prompt you to download a Japanese font (MS Gothic). You can try for example the Japanese pages of Institut Franco-Japonais de Tokyo.

Other versions:
Windows 95, 98, Me
Windows NT 4.0
Windows XP

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