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Japan is on its own wavelength. (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Isn't Japanese read from right to left?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Japan reads back to front

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

To nitpick, it reads from front to back. It just has a different concept of front and back from the West.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No that's Arabic

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Japanese and Chinese were read right-to-left until 20th century.