diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/intelligence/search/query/SearchQueryUtils.java b/src/com/android/settings/intelligence/search/query/SearchQueryUtils.java
index d7011ee..b7ad1bd 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/intelligence/search/query/SearchQueryUtils.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/intelligence/search/query/SearchQueryUtils.java
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 
 import android.text.TextUtils;
 
+import com.android.settings.intelligence.search.indexing.IndexData;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+
 /**
  * Utils for Query-time operations.
  */
@@ -40,12 +44,18 @@
      * resultName: Abcde, query: bc, Returns NAME_NO_MATCH
      * resultName: Abcde, query: xyz, Returns NAME_NO_MATCH
      * resultName: Abc de, query: de, Returns 4
+     *
+     * In Japanese, normalize resultName to match normalized query.
      */
     public static int getWordDifference(String resultName, String query) {
         if (TextUtils.isEmpty(resultName) || TextUtils.isEmpty(query)) {
             return NAME_NO_MATCH;
         }
 
+        if (Locale.getDefault().equals(Locale.JAPAN)) {
+            resultName = IndexData.normalizeJapaneseString(resultName);
+        }
+
         final char[] queryTokens = query.toLowerCase().toCharArray();
         final char[] resultTokens = resultName.toLowerCase().toCharArray();
         final int resultLength = resultTokens.length;