Typing Japanese on Windows 7

Now this is very easy.

• Go to control panel->Clock, Language and Region - click on the "Change keyboards or other input methods"
• Click on the "Keyboards Languages" tab. Then click the "Change keyboards" button.
• Click the "Add" button to add Japanese input capability.
• Scroll down to Japanese. In the Keyboard section section choose "Microsoft IME. Click "OK".

That's it!