Title: Japanese Language Posts
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Japanese Language Posts

 *  [craigxmartin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/craigxmartin/)
 * (@craigxmartin)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/japanese-language-posts/)
 * I have seen other posts with this issue, but having read them all, and other 
   troublshooting pages, I still cannot resolve the problem.
 * The issue is using Japanese language in the body of both posts and pages. I am
   using WP 2.5, set to UTF-8. It is an original installation (not an upgrade). 
   I have tried both typing directly in the post/page window, using the language
   IME function in Windows XP set to Japanese, and I have tried posting Japanese
   langauge text first written in notebook or Word, into the window. In all cases
   the Japanese text shows up fine until I hit “save” and then it turns into question
   marks. I have also tried adding a Japanese font setting within the HTML code 
   in the post (MS Mincho), all to no avail.
 * Rather than dismissive comments to the effect that WP supports all languages 
   and that I must be doing something wrong (both of which are probably true, but
   simply asserting it is not helpful) I would appreciate some specific guidence
   on this. If I cannot resolve it I will be forced to find another platform for
   my blog, as I do need to use Japanese.
 * Thank you.

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 *  Thread Starter [craigxmartin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/craigxmartin/)
 * (@craigxmartin)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/japanese-language-posts/#post-746059)
 * I have received the info to resolve this now, thanks.
 *  [TWD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twd/)
 * (@twd)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/japanese-language-posts/#post-746222)
 * Hello craigmartin
 * I`m a WordPress newbie.
    Just installed version 2.2.
 * I`d like to post in Japanese on my blog also but
    I have the same “question mark”
   problem you had.
 * Can you advise how you fixed your problem please?
    Thanks in advance!
 *  [mrhappymac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrhappymac/)
 * (@mrhappymac)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/japanese-language-posts/#post-746251)
 * [@craigxmartin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/craigxmartin/)
 * Hi do you think you could share the solution? It sort of makes this thread complete
   and would help others too.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/japanese-language-posts/#post-746252)
 * He hasn’t been around since… but you could go to his site and ask there.
 *  [spurry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spurry/)
 * (@spurry)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/japanese-language-posts/#post-746293)
 * Yes craigmartin, please post how or why you got the answer so we can all benefit.
 *  [hapatite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/discojing/)
 * (@discojing)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/japanese-language-posts/#post-746348)
 * I removed the WPLANG line of code from the config file.

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 * [foreign language](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/foreign-language/)
 * [japanese](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/japanese/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
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 * Last reply from: [hapatite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/discojing/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/japanese-language-posts/#post-746348)
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