When RadRichTextBox for WPF is hosted in a WinForms application (through ElementHost), typing with Japanese IME duplicates the typed letters, which makes the control unusable with the default behavior. Possible workaround: Create custom caret. There are some suggestions in this forum thread: https://www.telerik.com/forums/richtextbox-doesn't-support-japanese-ime-when-hosted-in-winforms