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v9.8.0

What's Changed

• feat(locale): add country code for en_CA & fr_CA by @​alixlahuec in faker-js/faker#3476
• test: use validator@13.15.0 with isULID, isISO31661Numeric, isISO15924 by @​matthewmayer in faker-js/faker#3482
• feat(locale): add zh_CN food by @​yyz945947732 in faker-js/faker#3479
• docs: more than 70 locales by @​matthewmayer in faker-js/faker#3483
• feat(locale): update zh_CN location by @​yyz945947732 in faker-js/faker#3481
• feat(locale): update zh_CN animal by @​yyz945947732 in faker-js/faker#3480
• refactor(locale): ko state data update by @​seoahan in faker-js/faker#3487
• feat(locale): add zh_CN book by @​yyz945947732 in faker-js/faker#3477
• feat(locale): add Japanese date and month definitions by @​matsueushi in faker-js/faker#3492
• feat(locale): add vehicle locale data for Japanese by @​noritaka1166 in faker-js/faker#3490
• feat(locale): update Japanese company categories by @​noritaka1166 in faker-js/faker#3489
• feat(locale): add Japanese science locale data including elements and units by @​noritaka1166 in faker-js/faker#3491
• feat(locale): add Japanese sex definitions for person locale by @​noritaka1166 in faker-js/faker#3495
• refactor(locale): rename pt-BR streetSuffix to streetPrefix by @​glmchalita in faker-js/faker#3493
• feat(locale): update zh_CN word by @​yyz945947732 in faker-js/faker#3478
• refactor(locale): normalize internet data by @​xDivisionByZerox in faker-js/faker#3502
• chore(deps): update eslint by @​renovate in faker-js/faker#3500
• chore(deps): update dependency eslint-plugin-unicorn to v59 by @​renovate in faker-js/faker#3501
• chore(deps): update vitest by @​renovate in faker-js/faker#3497
• chore(deps): update cypress/browsers docker tag to v24 by @​renovate in faker-js/faker#3507
• chore(deps): update all non-major dependencies by @​renovate in faker-js/faker#3498
• chore(deps): update mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/typescript-node:22 docker digest to fb211a0 by @​renovate in faker-js/faker#3508
• feat(locale): Add additional Japanese last names to the locale data by @​noritaka1166 in faker-js/faker#3484
• chore(deps): update eslint by @​renovate in faker-js/faker#3511
• chore(deps): lock file maintenance by @​renovate in faker-js/faker#3486
• fix(locale): ko modified street_name to street_name_part by @​seoahan in faker-js/faker#3485
• fix(locale): correct Japanese country names by @​matsueushi in faker-js/faker#3510
• chore(release): 9.8.0 by @​fakerjs-bot in faker-js/faker#3515

New Contributors

• @​alixlahuec made their first contribution in faker-js/faker#3476
• @​yyz945947732 made their first contribution in faker-js/faker#3479
• @​seoahan made their first contribution in faker-js/faker#3487
• @​noritaka1166 made their first contribution in faker-js/faker#3490
• @​glmchalita made their first contribution in faker-js/faker#3493

Full Changelog: https://github.com/faker-js/faker/compare/v9.7.0...v9.8.0

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9.8.0 (2025-05-13)

New Locales

• locale: Add additional Japanese last names to the locale data (#3484) (72e66c3)
• locale: add Japanese date and month definitions (#3492) (b70e793)
• locale: add Japanese science locale data including elements and units (#3491) (54fd551)
• locale: add Japanese sex definitions for person locale (#3495) (1dbd8fa)
• locale: add vehicle locale data for Japanese (#3490) (dfadb1d)
• locale: add zh_CN book (#3477) (786a3d0)
• locale: add zh_CN food (#3479) (6c883e7)
• locale: update Japanese company categories (#3489) (8c0953a)
• locale: update zh_CN animal (#3480) (38ee7b8)
• locale: update zh_CN location (#3481) (456f102)
• locale: update zh_CN word (#3478) (aa98867)

Changed Locales

• locale: ko state data update (#3487) (b611ec2)
• locale: normalize internet data (#3502) (e6151e4)
• locale: rename pt-BR streetSuffix to streetPrefix (#3493) (7c23db3)

Bug Fixes

• locale: correct Japanese country names (#3510) (046bb81)
• locale: correct the name of element Lv in Japanese (#3509) (6a7ef4c)
• locale: ko modified street_name to street_name_part (#3485) (c15da8e)

• 549d71c chore(release): 9.8.0 (#3515)
• 046bb81 fix(locale): correct Japanese country names (#3510)
• c15da8e fix(locale): ko modified street_name to street_name_part (#3485)
• d6ba4cc chore(deps): lock file maintenance (#3486)
• 2faf57b chore(deps): update eslint (#3511)
• 6a7ef4c fix(locale): correct the name of element Lv in Japanese (#3509)
• 72e66c3 feat(locale): Add additional Japanese last names to the locale data (#3484)
• c0d5217 chore(deps): update mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/typescript-node:22 docker...
• 049875d chore(deps): update all non-major dependencies (#3498)
• 07087ff chore(deps): update cypress/browsers docker tag to v24 (#3507)
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