The Japanese alphabet system: Hiragana like English cursive (curvy) and Katakana like English print (angular). If we combine these two then they together are called Kana.

What's significant about the Japanese alphabet? Kanji are early Chinese characters imported into Japan in the fifth century. Japan, for instance, is written with two characters: 日本 [Nihon ...

BBC Languages - Learn Japanese in your own time and have fun with A Touch of Japanese. Surprising and revealing facts about the Japanese language, key phrases to get started, details on the ...

Taku Satoh Design Officecreated this 3D paper version of the Japanese Hiragana alphabet in response to the prevalence of superflat media, where we read and watch from 2D screens.