Because they are different countries. They originallY had the same,but then stuff happened and the Japanese changed theirs a bit.Same thing about the Koreans.
For the same reason that England and France have different languages: they are different countries with different histories.
Chinese has different sounds, lettering, and meanings to their writings. Japanese is the same way but Japanese do borrow the Chinese lettering from the Chinese and but the Japanese do have their own pronunciation for it. They are still different languages.
In Japanese it is ryo, in Chinese it is chang.
Chinese, Japanese and Korean all use Chinese characters for words, but each of these languages use them a bit differently. All three of these languages also can use Arabic numerals or Chinese characters to write numbers. Korean and Japanese languages share many commonalities in grammar and structure. Although Korean and Japanese use a lot of Chinese characters in writing, these two languages are drastically different from Chinese.
no that is wrong and the previous answer was toatly incorrect and annoying they are both the same but earlier on in the tribes they split and formed different languages and cultures
Chinese and Japanese are different and totally unrelated languages. However, they use the same script. So, it wouldn't matter. The Korean language, another unrelated languages used to use the Chinese script but they have their own writing system now.
No, Chinese and Japanese are two separate languages with distinct writing systems, grammar structures, and pronunciations. Additionally, Chinese and Japanese cultures have their own unique histories, traditions, and customs.
Japanese people do not speak Chinese unless they have learned it in school or have lived in China. For the languages of Japan, click here.
Hebrew: ראין Arabic:راين Japanese: ライアン Chinese: 瑞安 Hindi: रयान
Chinese and sometimes English
Multiple languages are spoken in Asia, for example: Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Thai, and lots more. Also lots of Asian languages have dialects which are considered to be different languages by some.
Chinese and Japanese
No. Japanese people come from Japan and speak the Japanese Language. On the other hand Chinese people come from China and speak a variety of Chinese Languages. If you look at an atlas all will be revealed.