How to Use Japanese keyboard in Windows 10

English is the default keyboard layout in most Windows PCs, but there are times when you need to use some other languages like Japanese or Chinese on your windows PC. This is an easy yet a little confusing process. Windows 10 supports almost all the languages used all over the world. All you need to do is to set the keyboard layout to your desired language.

There are 3 ways to use a Japanese keyboard in your windows 10 as well. The first one is to Install the Japanese Keyboard using Time and Language. After that Type in Japanese using a native Keyboard, and the last one is to Use a Physical Japanese Keyboard in Windows 10. Here we are going to give you a full guide about it. Follow any of these that suits you to use a Japanese keyboard on your PC.

How to Use Japanese keyboard in Windows 10

Method 1: Install Japanese Keyboard using Time and Language

Using this method, you can change the keyboard layout to Japanese from the language you were using before, which is English in most cases. Before using this, you need the knowledge of using Japanese with the English physical keyboard.

If you are not professional in this, you may face some troubles with this method, but other methods can help you as well. If you know using it, then follow the below-mentioned method to proceed.

First of all, open your settings app using the search bar or with Cortana. After that, look for the language option and click on it. This will bring you to the next window, where you will see various language settings.

Here click on the add a language option. This will open a popup window on your screen. Type Japanese in the search box of the pop-up and click on the Japanese from the result and click on next. After that, click on install to continue.

After successful installation, you can use the Japanese layout with your physical keyboard. To switch between keyboard layouts by pressing windows+Spacebar.