Does Japan have an alphabet like Australia?

Australia does not have a native writing system. The official language of Australia is English, which uses a Latin-based alphabet. Japan has a writing system that includes four sets of characters: hiragana, katakana, kanji, and romaji. Hiragana and katakana are both phonetic syllabaries, each with 46 characters. Kanji are Chinese characters that have been adopted for use in Japanese. Romaji is the Roman alphabet, which is used to write foreign words and names in Japanese.