Are traditional characters used in Japanese?

shinyspoons

March 29, 2009, 01:46 PM posted in General Discussion

Hey,

I am think about making the cross over form simplified to traditional characters.  One of the motivations behind this is, when the time comes, the help, or not, it will give me when i learn japanese.

I have a vauge recolection of someone telling me that japanese uses traditional chinese characters, but i have no idea to what extent, after a spy on the internet and asking some chinese friends, i am still none the wiser.

Can anyone tell me how helpful a knowledge of tradtional chinese characters will be when i study japenese.

Thanks