diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 37b65656b..379c8b370 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ $Source$
     * lang/bulgarian:  Updated, thanks to Stanislav Yordanov (stanprog).
     * lang/czech:  Updated.
     * lang/*: Removed duplicate strReset.
+    * lang/check_lang.sh: Ignore japanese specific messages.
 
 2003-06-24 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
     * sql.php3, bug 759568, row count, DISTINCT and MySQL 4
diff --git a/lang/check_lang.sh b/lang/check_lang.sh
index f646af28c..e1a6eb114 100755
--- a/lang/check_lang.sh
+++ b/lang/check_lang.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ do
     egrep "$STRINGSTRING" $f | \
     grep -v 'allow_recoding' | \
     cut -d= -f1 | cut -d'$' -f2 | \
+    grep -Ev 'strEncto|strKanjiEncodConvert|strXkana' | \
     sort > $TMPDIR/$f
 done;