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Japanese lexicons were brought into Indonesia during colonialism, and nowadays, the lexicons represent the political facet in introducing the Japanese language to foreign countries. In Indonesia, this political practice was conducted through the application of policies to make the Japanese language as the main language to be used. As a result, there are numbers of Japanese lexicons that are recorded in Indonesia historical documents. Some of the lexicons remain as their original forms, but others experience changing. This research describes the changes in those Japanese lexicons by applying the orthographic approach. The results show that the Japanese lexicons that are recorded in the historical documents of Indonesia are unable to survive, as shown in abridgment and sound change of the lexicons.