Word-Processing Technology in Japan: Kanji

This book deals with a topical issue relating to the use of script in Japan, one which has the potential to reshape future script policy through the mediation of both orthographic practices and social relations. It tells the story of the impact of one of the most significant technological breakthroughs in Japan in the latter part of this century: the invention and rapid adoption of word-processing technology capable of handling Japanese script in a society where the nature of that script had previously mandated handwriting as the norm. The ramifications of this technology in both the business and personal spheres have been wide-ranging, extending from changes to business practices, work profiles, orthography and social attitudes to writing through to Japan's ability to construct a substantial presence on the Internet in recent years.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
From Manuscript to Monitor	p. 1
Patterns of Growth	p. 2
Why the Script Delayed the Technology	p. 6
The 'Typewriter Age'	p. 10
The Kana Typewriters	p. 16
Office Automation	p. 27
Romanisation: A Serious Alternative?	p. 30
Implications of the Technology: A Local Reading	p. 33
Early Days	p. 39
Some Early Case Studies	p. 48
Early Reactions	p. 56
A Few Years Later	p. 60
Outside the Office	p. 63
A Continuing Trajectory	p. 68
Changes in Writing Habits and their Implications for Script Policy	p. 71
Increase in Number of Printed Documents	p. 71
Standardisation	p. 74
Kanji Overload	p. 79
Revival of Complex Kanji	p. 85
Kanji Mistakes: Ateji and Muimigo	p. 88
Forgetting Kanji	p. 96
The Changing View of Kanji and Implications for Script Policy	p. 104
The Role of the National Language Council	p. 121
The Long-Term Outlook	p. 128
Some Cultural Consequences of the Technology	p. 133
The Personal Letter	p. 135
The Handwriting Complex	p. 141
The Written Word - Written How?	p. 143
Some Lifestyle Consequences for the User	p. 154
Consumerism	p. 163
Changes in the Work Force	p. 172
Implications for International Communication	p. 179
Essentialism and Internationalisation	p. 191
Language Nationalism	p. 194
The Script Factor	p. 197
Kanji on the Internet	p. 200
References	p. 205
Index	p. 215
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Word-Processing Technology in Japan: Kanji and the Keyboard

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