For PC Users:
Click on Start or the circle button with the Windows image on it.
Click 'Control Panel'.
Click 'Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options'.
Click 'Add other languages'.
A small popout window will appear.
Click on the 'Languages' tab.
Check off the 'Install Eastern Asian Languages'.
Click 'Apply' or 'Okay'.
After installation, you may have to restart your computer or laptop. Do so directly.
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For Mac Users:
Go to "System Preferences"-->"International" --> "input menu" --> click on the Japanese boxes. An American flag will pop up on your toolbar. Click it and choose "hiragana." Then, just type.
For A Person Who Uses an iPod Touch or iPhone:
Touch "Settings" on your menu.
Touch "General".
Scroll down, and touch "Keyboard".
Then touch "International Keyboards".
Have "English" or your default language "on".
Then scroll down and touch Japanese.
Turn on both 'QWERTY' and 'Kana' keyboards.
Whenever you want to type anything in Japanese, click on the small button next to the '123' button. (Shaped like a circle with lines through it)
There should now be a 'QWERTY' keyboard again. Any letter you touch, it will become a Kana or Kanji letter.
(Most of the time, it starts out Kanji, but then turns into Hiragana.)