Reading information rates are pretty similar across major written languages. (1.42 ± 0.13 texts/min). Ideographs take longer to recognize but contain more information.
Japanese readers do indeed take in information slightly more slowly than average, but not as slowly as Finnish readers -- a language with 26 latin-based characters.
Japanese readers do indeed take in information slightly more slowly than average, but not as slowly as Finnish readers -- a language with 26 latin-based characters.
[1] https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2166061 (summary) https://irisreading.com/average-reading-speed-in-various-lan...