@gemlog I was in Japan before the days of smart photos and with no practical knowledge of the language you are functionally illiterate because you couldn’t even use a dictionary as the letters are so different.
More than 20 years later, I understand English is much more prevalent and of course you can waft your phone at the text and it will tell you what it says!
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