MacBook Pro: Japanese Romaji keyboard layout issue

Go to the settings for Japanese Romaji and look for the item called Romaji Layout and switch that from German/qwertz to Australian or US or ABC.

Japanese Input Method User Guide for Mac - Apple Support

Are you able to upgrade to Sequoia?

Try adding US to your input sources and then make Romaji active in the input menu in the top right of the screen and then click on that and go to the very bottom and select Open Japanese - Romaji settings and see if any change.

Also you can try a safe boot, which sometimes fixes glitches like this:

Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support

Hi,

To fix a MacBook Pro Japanese Romaji keyboard layout issue, you need to ensure the correct "Japanese - Romaji" layout is added and activated in your Apple Support settings. This will let you type the English alphabet and have it automatically convert to hiragana.

How to add and configure "Japanese - Romaji"

1. Navigate to the Apple menu (top-left) and open System Settings.
2. Scroll down and click on Keyboard in the sidebar.
3. Under the Text Input section, click Edit.
4. Click the Add button (+).
5. Select Japanese from the list, choose Japanese - Romaji, and click Add.

How to use and switch inputs

• To switch between English and Japanese Romaji: You can toggle your inputs by pressing Control + Space or Command + Space, or by using the language selector in the top-right menu bar.

That's very odd. You should have all the settings mentioned in

Change Japanese input source settings on Mac - Apple Support

What version of MacOS are you running? Are you an admin user of the machine?

Try checking the box for Romaji in addition to the one for Hiragana

gremmyc wrote:

Booting it in safe mode did the trick!

Good news! Thanks for the feedback.