Understanding Japanese Information Processing
By Ken Lunde
470 pages, ISBN: 1-56592-043-0, $29.95 (US)

We have just published the first book for anyone interested in  using
Japanese on computers.  It is written for programmers, users,  and
academics wanting to understand the many complex issues surrounding  the
use of the Japanese language in computing. It may also be of value  to
both English- and Japanese-speaking companies wishing to increase 
trans-Pacific communications. 

Unlike English, which has 26 letters in a single alphabet, Japanese  has
thousands of characters in three scripts. The issues around handling  such
an unwieldy collection of data are formidable and complex. Up to now, 
researching and understanding the relevant issues has been a difficult, if
 not unattainable task, especially to a person who doesn't read or speak 
Japanese.  This book opens with a succinct description of origins of 
modern-day Japanese that leads to an explanation of Japanese character 
set standards and encoding methods.

Topics covered in this book include:

 - The Japanese writing system.  
 - Japanese character set standards.
 - Japanese encoding methods.    
 - Japanese input and output.
 - Japanese code conversion technique.
 - Japanese code and text processing tools.
 - Sending and receiving Japanese email.

In addition, there are 15 appendixes which provide additional  reference
material, such as a code conversion table, character set  tables, mapping
tables, an extensive list of software sources, and a  glossary.

Author Ken R. Lunde joined Adobe Systems Incorporated in 1991  and is
currently the project manager for Japanese Font Production.  He  has
Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in linguistics from the 
University of Wisconsin-Madison.  He is a Ph.D candidate at the university
with an area of specialization in Japanese linguistics.  He maintains the
online document entitled "JAPAN.INF" on the Internet.
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