Fact · Transcription
Google Cloud's Speech-to-Text supported-languages table lists Japanese (Japan), code ja-JP, for its chirp_2 model.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Japanese (Japan) ja-JP chirp_2 Automatic punctuation Model adaptation Word-level confidence Profanity filter”
Speech-to-Text supported languages, Google Cloud, Google Cloud documentation, 2026, Supported languages table, chirp_2 column.
Open the original- What it measures
- The table lists each language and region with the models that support it. Japanese is also listed under the older chirp model.