Setting the standard font for any Japanese text

Hello.
I'm trying to find a way to set a standard go-to font for anything Japanese displayed on my system.
I've tried making a file in /etc/fonts/conf.d/ starting with 70- following the readme, followed by fc-cache but that did not help.

garuda-inxi
System:
  Kernel: 5.16.8-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=66e5d40a-2370-44f3-b3b6-ddff5b2046cf rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
    resume=UUID=e5f09ca4-2e13-4405-b97d-9a69816c4515 loglevel=3
  Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel wm: bspwm 0.9.10
    vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: B550 AORUS PRO V2 serial: N/A
    UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F14e date: 10/14/2021
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X socket: AM4 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Zen 3 family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 0
    microcode: 0xA201016
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB
    L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2337 high: 3800 min/max: 2200/4850 boost: enabled
    base/boost: 3800/4850 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil
    volts: 1.1 V ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 2200 2: 2200 3: 2200 4: 2200
    5: 2200 6: 2200 7: 2200 8: 2800 9: 2200 10: 2200 11: 2200 12: 2200
    13: 3800 14: 2200 15: 2200 16: 2200 bogomips: 121376
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
    IBRS_FW, STIBP: always-on, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate] vendor: ZOTAC
    driver: nvidia v: 510.47.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 07:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:2504 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.3 compositor: picom v: git-c4107
    driver: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 139 s-size: 702x392mm (27.6x15.4")
    s-diag: 804mm (31.7")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 3840x2160 hz: 60 dpi: 140
    size: 697x392mm (27.4x15.4") diag: 800mm (31.5")
  Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: ZOTAC driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 07:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 09:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: RODE Microphones RØDE NT-USB Mini type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-6.3:6 chip-ID: 19f7:0015
    class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.16.8-zen1-1-zen running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.45 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel
    port: e000 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 50.93 TiB used: 24.01 GiB (0.0%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Corsair
    model: Corsair MP600 PRO XT size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: EIFM31.2 temp: 32.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: MG09ACA18TE
    size: 16.37 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: 0104 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Toshiba model: MG09ACA18TE
    size: 16.37 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: 0104 scheme: GPT
  ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Toshiba model: MG09ACA18TE
    size: 16.37 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: 0104 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 1.75 TiB size: 1.75 TiB (100.00%) used: 24.01 GiB (1.3%)
    fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 576 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
    maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.75 TiB size: 1.75 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 24.01 GiB (1.3%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
    maj-min: 259:2
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.75 TiB size: 1.75 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 24.01 GiB (1.3%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
    maj-min: 259:2
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.75 TiB size: 1.75 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 24.01 GiB (1.3%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
    maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 62.77 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    dev: /dev/zram0
  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 69.05 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: N/A mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 46 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
  Processes: 363 Uptime: 21m wakeups: 0 Memory: 62.77 GiB
  used: 4.19 GiB (6.7%) Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers:
  gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1205 lib: 292 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: alacritty inxi: 3.3.12
Garuda (2.5.4-2):
  System install date:     2022-02-13
  Last full system update: 2022-02-14
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       NetworkManager
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Snapshots:               Snapper
  Failed units:            bluetooth-autoconnect.service

I don't have experience with this myself, but maybe this article would be helpful: Font configuration - ArchWiki

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