Japanese Language Settings for RHEL 6.x / CentOS 6.x

You can create an image of the English Linux OS provided by the service and use it in Japanese.

Supported OS:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x 64bit (English) (x is a number)
  • CentOS 6.x 64bit (English) (x is a number)

Log in to the virtual server that you want to use in Japanese and configure the following settings:

Time Zone Settings

Change the setting of the time zone to "Asia/Tokyo."

  1. Change the time zone setting in /etc/sysconfig/clock as shown below.

    ZONE="Asia/Tokyo"

  2. Overwrite /etc/localtime with the following command:

    # cp -f /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Tokyo /etc/localtime

Checking the System Clock

Execute the following command and confirm that the setting of the system clock is set to "UTC."

# cat /etc/adjtime 
0.000069 1423210340 0.000000 
1423210340 
UTC

Changing the Language

Change the language setting in /etc/sysconfig/i18n as shown below.

LANG="ja_JP.UTF-8"

Changing the Keyboard Layout

Change /etc/sysconfig/keyboard as shown below.

KEYTABLE="jp106" 
MODEL="jp106" 
LAYOUT="jp" 
KEYBOARDTYPE="pc"

Reflecting Changed Settings

When you have completed all of the changes, shut down the virtual server and make sure that it has entered SHUTOFF state before you start it.

Important: Because settings may not be reflected if you restart, you must shut down the system entirely and then start it.