diff --git a/recipes/japan_times.recipe b/recipes/japan_times.recipe
index 229d5e4035..f5b90f2c05 100644
--- a/recipes/japan_times.recipe
+++ b/recipes/japan_times.recipe
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ class JapanTimes(BasicNewsRecipe):
         return rurl.partition('?')[0]
 
     def print_version(self, url):
-        return url.replace('/cgi-bin/','/print/')
+        if '/rss/' in url:
+            return url.replace('.jp/rss/','.jp/print/')
+        if '/text/' in url:
+            return url.replace('.jp/text/','.jp/print/')
+        return url
 
     def preprocess_html(self, soup):
         for item in soup.findAll(style=True):