diff --git a/lang/ja/README b/lang/ja/README
index 9004dd286d8..2a482fd1249 100644
--- a/lang/ja/README
+++ b/lang/ja/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 MOODLE JAPANESE TRANSLATION
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 STARTED                       : November 21, 2002
-LAST MODIFIED                 : December 23, 2005
+LAST MODIFIED                 : December 25, 2005
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Mitsuhiro Yoshida ( http://mitstek.com/ )
diff --git a/lang/ja/moodle.php b/lang/ja/moodle.php
index 17650988864..d1837b4d839 100644
--- a/lang/ja/moodle.php
+++ b/lang/ja/moodle.php
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ $string['themes'] = '
 $string['themesaved'] = '新しいテーマが保存されました。';
 $string['thischarset'] = 'EUC-JP';
 $string['thisdirection'] = 'ltr';
-$string['thislanguage'] = 'Japanese';
+$string['thislanguage'] = '日本語';
 $string['time'] = '時間';
 $string['timezone'] = 'タイムゾーン';
 $string['to'] = 'To';
diff --git a/lang/ja_utf8/README b/lang/ja_utf8/README
index a71be754be4..317701e1358 100644
--- a/lang/ja_utf8/README
+++ b/lang/ja_utf8/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 MOODLE JAPANESE TRANSLATION
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 STARTED                       : November 21, 2002
-LAST MODIFIED                 : December 23, 2005
+LAST MODIFIED                 : December 25, 2005
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Mitsuhiro Yoshida ( http://mitstek.com/ )
diff --git a/lang/ja_utf8/moodle.php b/lang/ja_utf8/moodle.php
index 79fcc64166b..244ee59f0e9 100644
--- a/lang/ja_utf8/moodle.php
+++ b/lang/ja_utf8/moodle.php
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ $string['themes'] = '�����若��';
 $string['themesaved'] = '��違����������若�����篆�絖���������障��������';
 $string['thischarset'] = 'UTF-8';
 $string['thisdirection'] = 'ltr';
-$string['thislanguage'] = 'Japanese';
+$string['thislanguage'] = '日本語';
 $string['time'] = '������';
 $string['timezone'] = '��帥�ゃ����障�若��';
 $string['to'] = 'To';