80% of Japanese support preserving handwriting: survey

A total of 80.4 percent of Japanese respondents support preserving the practice of writing by hand, although about a third said they have few or no opportunities to do so, a government survey showed Friday.The Agency for Cultural Affairs also found that 82.3 percent preferred handwritten letters or postcards, or printed ones with a handwritten note added.In a question allowing multiple responses, respondents were asked why handwriting should be valued. A total of 70.7 percent cited learning to write kanji Chinese characters and other characters correctly, while 68.2 percent chose expressing…READ FULL ARTICLE