Switching to Japanese keyboard.

Hi, I am wanting to know if there is an easier way to switch between English and Japanese on the Xperia Z3 keyboard. I have selected the Xperia Japanese Keyboard and have the Xperia keyboard as my default one. I have also tried going through the "writing languages" section but Japanese is not available here.
At the moment I am having to pull down the notifications bar and switch languages everytime I type which gets extremely time consuming and annoying, especially since I have just switched from an iPhone.
I have also tried using the Wnn Keyboard Lab app but I don't like it compared to the Xperia Keyboard.
Is there an easier way of doing this? I know that previously you just had the world icon next to the spacebar that allowed you to easily change between languages. Cheers!

Hi and welcome to the community! Since you're new please be sure that you have checked out our Discussion guidelines.
Since Japanese is not included in the international keyboard as a writing language, you need to change the input method. And this can only be done by pulling down the notification field and choose another input method.
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## Summary
A keyboard layout is incorrect on the remote with Japanese keyboard
## Version Information, I tested
* Client
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       * Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5
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Capture 2:
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