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Japan: Simplified characters or traditional?

Categories: East Asia, China, Arts & Culture, Governance, History, Ideas, International Relations, Migration & Immigration

Danny Bloom at Japundit hosts a quick but thorough discussion [1]on the division over simplified Chinese characters (mainland China) and traditional characters (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Chinatowns worldwide): “What’s your take on all this? Will China's system take over, and if it does, will it have an impact on Japan's writing system?”