From 29692ac7a13fa661709643a1af8c95c2f5049abe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: German Khokhlov <ouchlock@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:48:33 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] changelog: Japanese (#1478)

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+- Add Japanese (ja) to the language picker, with year-first dates, Japanese
+  counters, unit words joined to their numbers (5分前, 1時間5分) and CJK label
+  rules for Japanese text. Based on translations by @abiyeenzo (#913)
+  (German, @gekh, #1478).