The Japanese IME Keyboard not working on Brave alone!

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Description of the issue:
After the recent update of Brave Browser (135.1.77.95) from Snap, I am unable to type in Japanese using the IME keyboard (Mozc or any other IME). This issue occurs only in Brave, while Japanese input works fine in other browsers and applications. Additionally, when copying content within Brave, the text turns black, making it unreadable.

How can this issue be reproduced?

  1. Open Brave Browser (135.1.77.95).
  2. Try typing in Japanese using Mozc or another IME.
  3. Copy any text within Brave and observe if it turns black.

Expected result:

  • Japanese input should work normally, as it does in other applications.
  • Copied text should remain visible instead of turning black.

Brave Version (About Brave):
135.1.77.95 (Snap version)

OS Version:
Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Additional Information:

  • The issue started occurring after the latest Brave update via Snap.
  • Other applications (browsers, text editors, etc.) are unaffected.

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Any fix? I was able to type Japanese before. Switched from LTS to the new and having this problem.

Thank you.

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Now i found a way to fix this, previously i had snap version, i removed it.
NOTE : KINDLY SYNC EVERYTHING AND HAVE IT IN ANOTHER DEVICE USIN;G SYNC FUNCTION
Then

sudo snap remove --purge brave
sudo rm -rf ~/snap/brave

this removed all the data and the brave.

For the next step i followed what’s given on brave site to install it.

sudo apt install curl

sudo curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main"|sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list

sudo apt update

sudo apt install brave-browser

And now everything is fine and i was able to re-sync everything.