Word-Processing Technology in Japan: Kanji and the KeyboardRoutledge, 2013 M09 5 - 219 pages 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. |
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... word processing technology are exam- ined . Chapter Two describes the technology itself , investigat- ing early attempts to achieve document production by machine and the changes which the word processor brought about in the office and ...
... word processor ” or “ word processing technology " is used to refer to both stand - alone word processors ( machines which can only be used for this purpose ) and to word processing software for the personal computer . For the first ...
... word processor and database came into common use in everyday discourse ; the word waapuro or wapuro ( short for waado purosessaa , the Japanese equivalent of ' word processor ' ) figured prominently in speech and writing as debate about ...
... word processor units sold 1982-1986 ( Source : Tsusan Daijin Kanbō Chōsa Tõkeibu 1987 : 226 ) By 1986 , 90 % of businesses were using word processing to produce Japanese - language documents ( Tsusan Daijin Kanbō Chōsa Tõkeibu 1986 ...
... word processors 1989-1993 ( Source : Japan Statistical Association 1992 : 548 and 1995 : 588 ) processors and computers using word processing software then began to make their impact felt in schools and universities as well , with an ...
Contents
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Early Days | 39 |
Changes in Writing Habits and their | 71 |
Some Cultural Consequences | 133 |
1 | 169 |
Implications for International | 179 |
2 | 180 |
16 | 203 |
References | 205 |
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