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Japanese (Japan, Japanese Calendar) (ja-JP-u-ca-japanese)

Complete reference for the ja-JP-u-ca-japanese locale — live Intl API output, CLDR plural rules, and framework config snippets.

Locale reference

Locale metadata

BCP 47 codeja-JP-u-ca-japanese
Native name日本語(日本、和暦)
English nameJapanese (Japan, Japanese Calendar)
Languageja
RegionJP
ScriptJpan
Text directionLeft-to-right (LTR)
CLDR plural categoriesother

Intl API Live Output

DateTimeFormat

ShortR8/9/14
Medium令和8年9月14日
Long令和8年9月14日
Full令和8年9月14日月曜日

NumberFormat

Decimal1,234,567.89
Currency (USD)$9.99
Percent75%
Compact120万

RelativeTimeFormat

3 日前

Output for: -3 days ago

ListFormat

apples、oranges、bananas

Conjunction list: apples, oranges, bananas

CLDR Plural Rules

Categories supported by ja-JP-u-ca-japanese: other

otherExample number: 100
other

Framework Config Snippets

next-intl
// next-intl configuration
// next.config.ts
import createNextIntlPlugin from 'next-intl/plugin';
const withNextIntl = createNextIntlPlugin();
export default withNextIntl({});

// i18n/routing.ts
import { defineRouting } from 'next-intl/routing';
export const routing = defineRouting({
  locales: ['ja-JP-u-ca-japanese', 'en'],
  defaultLocale: 'en',
});
react-intl
// react-intl configuration
import { IntlProvider } from 'react-intl';
import messages from './messages/ja-JP-u-ca-japanese.json';

function App() {
  return (
    <IntlProvider locale="ja-JP-u-ca-japanese" messages={messages}>
      {/* your app */}
    </IntlProvider>
  );
}
i18next
// i18next configuration
import i18n from 'i18next';
import { initReactI18next } from 'react-i18next';

i18n
  .use(initReactI18next)
  .init({
    lng: 'ja-JP-u-ca-japanese',
    fallbackLng: 'en',
    resources: {
      'ja-JP-u-ca-japanese': {
        translation: require('./locales/ja-JP-u-ca-japanese/translation.json'),
      },
    },
  });

export default i18n;

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