Japanese uses four different systems of writing, these are: kanji, hiragana, katakana and romanji. },

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Hiragana is syllabic and the most original writing system in Japan.

logoSlider.trigger('next.owl.carousel'); google_color_text = "96A6C0"; Japan was was badly affected by the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in 2011, there are many coal plants currently under construction in Japan. Here are our favourite Japan attractions for kids: Japan is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. There are about 160 species of wild animals, 700 species of birds and 32 000 insect species in Japan. google_ad_format = "120x240_as"; 600 : { It is used for simple words, conjugations, particles... Katakana is used to write foreign words. The hot springs are called 'onsen'.

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Some of the biggest companies in Japan are Toyota, Mitsubishi, Honda and Sony. let us cache the element Japanese is the 9th most spoken language in the world but is not one of the six official UN languages. google_color_border = "D1D9EC"; Hiragana is syllabic and the most original writing system in Japan. Japan lies on the Pacific 'Ring of Fire', a chain of volcanoes which are responsible for the most dramatic volcanic outbreakes and tsunamis in the recent years.

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