I`ve been looking for some programs that will give my computer the ability to use(type and read) Japanese characters. I`ve seen some programs that cost more than I expected, on the internet. The cheapest I`ve seen is $100, and I was wondering if I would be able to download something like that, instead. Or if you know someplace/web site that sells such programs, please let me know.

You can try here....

http://japanese.about.com/cs/fonts/

http://www.ncrtec.org/tl/digi/language/

And If they are no good

try these pages at google

You can also go to Microsoft updates They have different language support for the Internet Explorer 6 & it's FREE....