diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/templatetransform.json b/core/src/main/resources/templatetransform.json
index fce2421f03..2d075c2515 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/templatetransform.json
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/templatetransform.json
@@ -30,7 +30,19 @@
     },
     "Lang":{
       "transformer":"textNode",
-      "replace": "<br />$(3||)<br />"
+      "replace": "$(2||)"
+    },
+    "Native name|native_name":{
+      "transformer":"textNode",
+      "replace": "$(2||)"
+    },
+    "Nihongo2":{
+      "transformer":"textNode",
+      "replace": "$(1||)"
+    },
+    "Nihongo":{
+      "transformer":"textNode",
+      "replace": "$(2||)"
     },
     "Marriage":{
       "transformer":"extractChildren",
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/dbpedia/extraction/wikiparser/TemplateTransformParserTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/dbpedia/extraction/wikiparser/TemplateTransformParserTest.scala
index af95a30f41..dcb923d34d 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/dbpedia/extraction/wikiparser/TemplateTransformParserTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/dbpedia/extraction/wikiparser/TemplateTransformParserTest.scala
@@ -53,6 +53,26 @@ class TemplateTransformParserTest extends FlatSpec with Matchers
       parse("en", "{{url|https://www.dji.com DJI.com}}") should be (Some("[https://www.dji.com]"))
     }
 
+  it should "extract text from {{lang|nap|Abbrùzzu}}" in
+    {
+      parse("en", "{{lang|nap|Abbrùzzu}}") should be (Some("Abbrùzzu"))
+    }
+
+  it should "extract text from {{native name|nap|Abbrùzze}}" in
+    {
+      parse("en", "{{native name|nap|Abbrùzze}}") should be (Some("Abbrùzze"))
+    }
+
+  it should "extract text from {{Nihongo2|東京都}}" in
+    {
+      parse("en", "{{Nihongo2|東京都}}") should be (Some("東京都"))
+    }
+
+  it should "extract text from {{Nihongo|Tokyo|東京|Tōkyō}}" in
+    {
+      parse("en", "{{Nihongo|Tokyo|東京|Tōkyō}}") should be (Some("東京"))
+    }
+
 
   private val wikiParser = WikiParser.getInstance()