page_title: Japanese input method
section_title: Japanese keyboards
hierarchical_section_title: Japanese input method / Japanese keyboards
caption_attribution_description: Apple MacBook Pro JIS Keyboard
context_page_description: Japanese input methods are used to input Japanese characters on a computer.
  There are two main methods of inputting Japanese on computers. One is via a romanized version of Japanese called rōmaji, and the other is via keyboard keys corresponding to the Japanese kana. Some systems may also work via a graphical user interface, or GUI, where the characters are chosen by clicking on buttons or image maps.
context_section_description: Japanese keyboards (as shown on the second image) have both hiragana and Roman letters indicated. The JIS, or Japanese Industrial Standard, keyboard layout keeps the Roman letters in the English QWERTY layout, with numbers above them. Many of the non-alphanumeric symbols are the same as on English-language keyboards, but some symbols are located in other places. The hiragana symbols are also ordered in a consistent way across different keyboards.  For example, the Q, W, E, R, T, Y keys correspond to た, て, い, す, か, ん (ta, te, i, su, ka, and n) respectively when the computer is used for direct hiragana input.
caption: Apple MacBook Pro Japanese Keyboard
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