Katakana is one of the basic writing systems used in Japanese. Japanese actually combines 3 different sets of characters to form written works: Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji. This book focuses solely on Katakana, which is often used to write words of foreign origin, as well as the names of people and places.This book is the perfect companion guide to the Learn Japanese To Survive! Katakana War educational game.For information about the game, visit us online: www.study-japanese.net.