diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/file-preview-screen.component.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/file-preview-screen.component.ts
index 5f903121a..981901ba0 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/file-preview-screen.component.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/file-preview-screen.component.ts
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export class FilePreviewScreenComponent
             tap(([selectedText, canPerformActions, file]) => {
                 const isCurrentPageExcluded = file.isPageExcluded(this.pdf.currentPage);
 
-                if (selectedText.length > 2 && canPerformActions && !isCurrentPageExcluded) {
+                if ((selectedText.length > 2 || this._isJapaneseString(selectedText)) && canPerformActions && !isCurrentPageExcluded) {
                     this.pdf.enable(textActions);
                 } else {
                     this.pdf.disable(textActions);
@@ -777,4 +777,8 @@ export class FilePreviewScreenComponent
         const annotations = this._annotationManager.get(selected);
         this._annotationManager.select(annotations);
     }
+
+    private _isJapaneseString(text: string) {
+        return text.match(/[\u3000-\u303f\u3040-\u309f\u30a0-\u30ff\uff00-\uff9f\u4e00-\u9faf\u3400-\u4dbf]/);
+    }
 }