Nowadays same thing still applies only at somewhere else.
So practically Japanese have 2 ways of writting and reading. Reading from left to right, and right to left.
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nostr:npub1x3azxuysp5vmfer4vgs4jn5tmfcx4ew8sh0qnev7gczljxsr7jwqa3g4el I can reading well left to right,but I can't reading well right to left :neocat_googly_blep:
It's quite easy if you get used to it. Top to bottom then continues to left side of the text.