The eight chapters in the free version included an introduction to hiragana, chapters on greetings and a cultural interlude on the geography of Japan.

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All the rest are katakana (except one that is all hiragana and another English), visual and esthetic evidence that these are new companies, generally in service and new technology sectors.

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