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+from typing import Dict
+
+from TTS.tts.utils.text.japanese.phonemizer import japanese_text_to_phonemes
+from TTS.tts.utils.text.phonemizers.base import BasePhonemizer
+
+_DEF_JA_PUNCS = "、.,[]()?!〽~『』「」【】"
+
+
+class JA_JP_Phonemizer(BasePhonemizer):
+    """🐸TTS Ja-Jp phonemizer using functions in `TTS.tts.utils.text.japanese.phonemizer`
+
+    TODO: someone with JA knowledge should check this implementation
+    """
+
+    language = "ja-jp"
+
+    def __init__(self, punctuations=_DEF_JA_PUNCS, keep_puncs=False, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(self.language, punctuations=punctuations, keep_puncs=keep_puncs)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def name():
+        return "ja_jp_phonemizer"
+
+    def phonemize_jajp(self, text: str, separator: str = "|") -> str:
+        ph = japanese_text_to_phonemes(text)
+        if separator is not None or separator != "":
+            return separator.join(ph)
+        return ph
+
+    def _phonemize(self, text, separator):
+        return self.phonemize_jajp(text, separator)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def supported_languages() -> Dict:
+        return {"ja-jp": "Japanese (Japan)"}
+
+    def version(self) -> str:
+        return "0.0.1"
+
+    def is_available(self) -> bool:
+        return True
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    text = "これは、電話をかけるための私の日本語の例のテキストです。"
+    e = JA_JP_Phonemizer()
+    print(e.supported_languages())
+    print(e.version())
+    print(e.language)
+    print(e.name())
+    print(e.is_available())
+    print("`" + e.phonemize(text) + "`")