New locales in Java 6 : Locales « I18N « Java Tutorial

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import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Locale;

import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class JapaneseCalendar {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Locale japanese = new Locale("ja", "JP", "JP");

    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(japanese);
    DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.FULL, DateFormat.FULL, japanese);
    String str = df.format(cal.getTime());

    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, str);
  }
}