diff --git a/sigs.yaml b/sigs.yaml
index 7dfd5a13c..941d92917 100644
--- a/sigs.yaml
+++ b/sigs.yaml
@@ -882,6 +882,8 @@ sigs:
         description: Documentation PR Reviewers
       - name: sig-docs-ko-owners
         description: Korean L10n Repository Owners
+      - name: sig-docs-ja-owners
+        description: Japanese L10n Repository Owners
     subprojects:
     - name: kubernetes-docs-ja
       owners: