diff --git a/programs/winemine/Ja.rc b/programs/winemine/Ja.rc
index c6bd52b43c3..006563f5ca8 100644
--- a/programs/winemine/Ja.rc
+++ b/programs/winemine/Ja.rc
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
  */
 
+/* UTF-8 */
+#pragma code_page(65001)
+
 LANGUAGE LANG_JAPANESE, SUBLANG_DEFAULT
 
 STRINGTABLE {
@@ -30,21 +33,21 @@ STRINGTABLE {
 
 MENU_WINEMINE MENU DISCARDABLE
 {
-    POPUP "ƒIƒvƒVƒ‡ƒ“(&O)" {
-        MENUITEM "ƒXƒ^[ƒg(&N)\tF2",       IDM_NEW
+    POPUP "ă‚Șăƒ—ă‚·ăƒ§ăƒł(&O)" {
+        MENUITEM "ă‚čă‚żăƒŒăƒˆ(&N)\tF2",       IDM_NEW
         MENUITEM SEPARATOR
-        MENUITEM "?ƒ}[ƒN‚đŽg—p(&M)", IDM_MARKQ
+        MENUITEM "?ăƒžăƒŒă‚Żă‚’äœżç”š(&M)", IDM_MARKQ
         MENUITEM SEPARATOR
-        MENUITEM "‰‹‰(&B)",      IDM_BEGINNER
-        MENUITEM "’†‹‰(&A)",      IDM_ADVANCED
-        MENUITEM "ă‹‰(&E)",        IDM_EXPERT
-        MENUITEM "”Ő–Ê‚Ì•ÏX(&C)",        IDM_CUSTOM
+        MENUITEM "戝箚(&B)",      IDM_BEGINNER
+        MENUITEM "侭箚(&A)",      IDM_ADVANCED
+        MENUITEM "侊箚(&E)",        IDM_EXPERT
+        MENUITEM "ç›€éąăźć€‰æ›Ž(&C)",        IDM_CUSTOM
         MENUITEM SEPARATOR
-        MENUITEM "I—č(&X)\tAlt+X",   IDM_EXIT
+        MENUITEM "甂äș†(&X)\tAlt+X",   IDM_EXIT
     }
-    POPUP "î•ń(&I)" {
-        MENUITEM "ƒnƒCƒXƒRƒA(&F)",    IDM_TIMES
-        MENUITEM "WineMine ‚ɂ‚ą‚Ä(&A)",         IDM_ABOUT
+    POPUP "æƒ…ć ±(&I)" {
+        MENUITEM "ăƒă‚€ă‚čコケ(&F)",    IDM_TIMES
+        MENUITEM "WineMine に぀いお(&A)",         IDM_ABOUT
     }
 }
 
@@ -53,10 +56,10 @@ STYLE  DS_MODALFRAME | DS_3DLOOK |
     WS_VISIBLE | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU | WS_POPUP
 CAPTION "Fastest Times"
 {
-    GROUPBOX        "ƒnƒCƒXƒRƒA", IDIGNORE,  10,  10, 140,  45
-    LTEXT           "‰‹‰",      IDIGNORE,  20,  20,  40,   8
-    LTEXT           "’†‹‰",      IDIGNORE,  20,  30,  40,   8
-    LTEXT           "ă‹‰",        IDIGNORE,  20,  40,  40,   8
+    GROUPBOX        "ăƒă‚€ă‚čコケ", IDIGNORE,  10,  10, 140,  45
+    LTEXT           "戝箚",      IDIGNORE,  20,  20,  40,   8
+    LTEXT           "侭箚",      IDIGNORE,  20,  30,  40,   8
+    LTEXT           "侊箚",        IDIGNORE,  20,  40,  40,   8
     LTEXT           "999",          IDC_TIME1,  70,  20,  15,   8
     LTEXT           "999",          IDC_TIME2,  70,  30,  15,   8
     LTEXT           "999",          IDC_TIME3,  70,  40,  15,   8
@@ -69,9 +72,9 @@ CAPTION "Fastest Times"
 DLG_CONGRATS DIALOG DISCARDABLE  0, 0, 160, 60
 STYLE  DS_MODALFRAME | DS_3DLOOK |
     WS_VISIBLE | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU | WS_POPUP
-CAPTION "‚š‚ß‚Ć‚Æ‚€!"
+CAPTION "おめでべう!"
 {
-    LTEXT           "–Œ‘O‚đ“ü—Í‚”‚Ü‚”‚ć‚€", IDIGNORE,  10,  10, 150,  10
+    LTEXT           "ćć‰ă‚’ć…„ćŠ›ă—ăŸă—ă‚‡ă†", IDIGNORE,  10,  10, 150,  10
     EDITTEXT                              IDC_EDITNAME,  25,  20, 110,  12
     DEFPUSHBUTTON   "OK",                         IDOK,  60,  40,  40,  15
 }
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ CAPTION "
 DLG_CUSTOM DIALOG DISCARDABLE  0, 0, 100, 100
 STYLE  DS_MODALFRAME | DS_3DLOOK |
     WS_VISIBLE | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU | WS_POPUP
-CAPTION "”Ő–Ê‚Ì•ÏX"
+CAPTION "ç›€éąăźć€‰æ›Ž"
 {
     LTEXT           "Rows",   IDIGNORE,   5,   5,  30,  10
     LTEXT           "Cols",   IDIGNORE,   5,  35,  30,  10
@@ -90,3 +93,5 @@ CAPTION "
     DEFPUSHBUTTON   "OK",     IDOK,      40,  30,  50,  15
     PUSHBUTTON      "Cancel", IDCANCEL,  40,  50,  50,  15
 }
+
+#pragma code_page(default)