PDF ISSUE: Japanese characters (fonts) about phd_thesis_markdown HOT 2 CLOSED

Ahh! Thank you so much!
Initially it didn't work, but after a re-installation of MacTeX 2016 it finally worked. (so I suppose there must have been an error in the installation) I do not have enough words to express my gratitude.

And yes, I have never figured myself to use anything else but Word. However writing in Markdown (with the help of your template) makes writing so much more fun and easy. Now that the Japanese character issue is solved, I will definitely recommend this writing method to my fellow students.

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@Ragamuffin-Asa glad to hear you've enjoyed using the template. Adding the following two lines below % FONTS in the preamble.tex file should allow you to render the Japanese characters.

\usepackage{xeCJK}
\setCJKmainfont{YuMincho Medium}

e.g.:

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