freewnn-jserver software package provides Japanese input system, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install freewnn-jserver
freewnn-jserver is installed in your system.
Make ensure the freewnn-jserver package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep freewnn-jserver *
You will get with freewnn-jserver package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | freewnn-jserver |
| Version | 1.1.1~a021+cvs20130302-5build1 |
| Description | Japanese input system |
| Sub Section | Utils |