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The multilingual framework to localize LaTeX, LuaLaTeX, XeLaTeX

Japanese

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This page offers basic guidance on typesetting a LaTeX document in the Japanese language using the Japanese script.

Support with the traditional way (ldf)

The Japanese language is supported in babel in the ‘classical’ way based on a ldf file.See babel-japanese for further details.

Support with ini locale file

Here is a minimal sample file with japanese as the main language (assuming luatex, which is the recommended engine, and babel ≥24.14, although it may work with previous versions).

\documentclass[japanese]{article}

\usepackage[provide=*]{babel}

\babelfont{rm}{Harano Aji Mincho}

\begin{document}

Local name $=$ 日本語

Preface $=$ \prefacename

Today $=$ \today

\end{document}

Contribute

If you are a native speaker or have expertise in this language, you can contribute, make suggestion or request an enhancement by submitting a pull request, opening an issue, or contacting the Babel maintainer with the link above.