diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index bab5fbdfd2..fc47c751e9 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
         </if>
         
         <property name="app.property.file" value="${zip-tmp}/${app.name}/etc/${app.name}.conf" />
+        <!-- for Japanese localized version add option:  -Duser.language=ja -->        
         <property name="jvm.options" value="&quot;--branding ${app.name} -J-Xms24m -J-XX:MaxPermSize=128M -J-Xverify:none -J-Xdock:name=${app.title}&quot;" />
         <propertyfile file="${app.property.file}">
             <!-- Note: can be higher on 64 bit systems, should be in sync with project.properties -->
diff --git a/nbproject/project.properties b/nbproject/project.properties
index 27ba384ff4..20e2a4c162 100644
--- a/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ project.org.sleuthkit.autopsy.fileextmismatch=FileExtMismatch
 update_versions=false
 #custom JVM options
 #Note: can be higher on 64 bit systems, should be in sync with build.xml
+# for Japanese version add:  -J-Duser.language=ja
 run.args.extra=-J-Xms24m -J-XX:MaxPermSize=128M -J-Xverify:none
 auxiliary.org-netbeans-modules-apisupport-installer.license-type=apache.v2
 auxiliary.org-netbeans-modules-apisupport-installer.os-linux=false