diff --git a/pandora_console/include/functions.php b/pandora_console/include/functions.php
index 8d851e348a..3a43d05aea 100644
--- a/pandora_console/include/functions.php
+++ b/pandora_console/include/functions.php
@@ -2645,7 +2645,7 @@ function pandora_setlocale() {
 		'el' => 'el_GR',
 		'ru' => 'ru_RU',
 		'ar' => 'ar_MA',
-		'ja' => 'ja_JP',
+		'ja' => 'ja_JP.UTF-8',
 		'zh_CN' => 'zh_CN',
 		);