Japanese for Protext?

Hello, I'm using ProTEXt, a document system for typesetting. Don't you know if there's any way how to add Japanese characters for creating documents in Japanese? What TEX systems do you use in Japan?

I was using Japanese LaTeX on UNIX when I was a university student (a dozen years ago).

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Why use TEX documents?
Just use open office, it's free to download, works with linux/mac/windows systems and has japanese. You can slab on images, use auto table of contents and export to pdf or ppt just like latex does.

but a markup language just to type documents as well as the messsiness of creating tables!? dont bother with latex imo.

Hi,

when processing a longer document in Japanese, it might be worth looking into the jtex/jlatex distribution. Otherwise, the package CJK is your friend: It allows you to typeset Japanese text (even with furigana, with the package "ruby") easily.

For more information, check out the numerous documentations of CJK, and/or search for the example document "SJIS.tex" on CTAN.

Good luck!
Kai

PS: Starting a discussion about all the many significant advantages of (La)TeX over text editors (including OpenOffice) is generally futile, because these discussions tend to get very long and very unproductive; nobody wants to cave in. Thus, I'll stop my posting now, though the temptation is definitely there. ^^

Thanks Kai, your suggestion is very helpful.