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Word Lens: How Google can help confused tourists in Japan

In an early scene of the 2003 film “Lost in Translation”, Billy Murray’s character travels in a taxi through bustling Tokyo streets. He stares, open mouthed, at the brightly-lit signs, covered with symbols he cannot understand. Indeed, although linguistic barriers may create difficulties for all tourists the Japanese language’s use of 3 different writing systems, with thousands of different characters, may pose particular challenges.

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