Windows 10: Japanese typing mode [A] and Japanese typing mode [あ] of Japanese IME don't show up on the...

When you choose Japanese IME, Japanese typing mode [A] or Japanese typing mode [あ] is supposed to show up on the bar menu like pictures below.

But (after some Windows update?) on my PC, when I choose Japanese IME, neither of them show on the bar menu even though the "J" icon is on the bar. How can I fix the problem? (But when I press [Shift]+[Caps lock], I am able to type Japanese.)




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IME Japanese input

So, set up Japanese as my second input. Each time I hit alt + shift, it will switch to Japanese. However the annoying issue I am dealing with is when it switches to Japanese mode, it is in alphanumeric not hirigana mode, which is extremely annoying because
if someone switches to Japanese mode, of course, they want to start typing in Japanese, not English, so to switch to hirigana I have to hit CTL + CAPS LOCK, which is annoying to have to do two keyboard shortcuts, why can't I have it default in hirigana mode
when I hit alt + shift, instead of alphanumeric?? Is there a way to make hirigana the default option when switching to Japanese IME? Let me know thanks.

 

Switching Japanese Windows with English menus

Yes, I do mean those keys. I tried just switching to Japanese keyboard, as you suggested, but those keys didn't work. Also, the selection key is normally the spacebar in Japan but I could only get IME to work with the Tab key (for those who aren't familiar with Japanese typing: you type in Roman characters, then press a selection key and it steps you through a list of options for the word you are typing in Japanese characters). Did you get the special keys to work as they do in native Japanese mode?

It may well be that I was missing something, although I did try every option I could think of. In any event, as I said, I gave in and now have Japanese Windows running with English menus and everything seems to be working perfectly.
Thanks,

Mike

 

Typing using a Japanese keyboard - windows 10

I have an English version of Windows 10 installed but have a Japanese keyboard. Whatever I do with the language settings it appears that I am unable to type using the keyboard in Japanese mode - suggesting words when you press the spacebar (not the tab
key), switching between single and double byte using the extra key to do so, etc. Using IME I can type using the Tab key to suggest changes but it's totally different from the way a standard keyboard works in Japan.

Is there anything I can do or do I need to install a Japanese version of Windows?

Everything I can find when searching tells me about IME but nothing about getting a Japanese keyboard working.

Thanks,

Mike