According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a case, a display device provided in the case, a plurality of touch switches configured to output an operation signal in accordance with the change of capacitance and arranged inside the case, two or more touch switches being arranged in the vicinity of each two adjacent sides of the display device along each side, a keyboard controller configured to receive a key code, and a touch switch controller configured to receive the operation signal of the plurality of touch switches, the touch switch controller outputting, to the keyboard controller, the key code which corresponds to simultaneous input operations of a plurality of keys allocated to the operation of a particular touch switch when the operation signal is input from the particular touch switch.