diff --git a/autoload/SpaceVim.vim b/autoload/SpaceVim.vim
index f432ddb7b..edc69ccc9 100644
--- a/autoload/SpaceVim.vim
+++ b/autoload/SpaceVim.vim
@@ -510,6 +510,8 @@ function! SpaceVim#end() abort
     endfor
     if g:spacevim_vim_help_language ==# 'cn'
       call add(g:spacevim_plugin_groups, 'chinese')
+    elseif g:spacevim_vim_help_language ==# 'japanese'
+      call add(g:spacevim_plugin_groups, 'japanese')
     endif
     if g:spacevim_use_colorscheme==1
       call add(g:spacevim_plugin_groups, 'colorscheme')
diff --git a/autoload/SpaceVim/layers/japanese.vim b/autoload/SpaceVim/layers/japanese.vim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27045e064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autoload/SpaceVim/layers/japanese.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+function! SpaceVim#layers#japanese#plugins() abort
+    return [
+          \ ['vim-jp/vimdoc-ja'],
+          \ ]
+endfunction
+
+function! SpaceVim#layers#japanese#config() abort
+endfunction