diff --git a/toonz/sources/image/psd/tiio_psd.cpp b/toonz/sources/image/psd/tiio_psd.cpp
index 1e48db3..6d00c14 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/image/psd/tiio_psd.cpp
+++ b/toonz/sources/image/psd/tiio_psd.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-
-
 #include "tiio_psd.h"
 #include "trasterimage.h"
 #include "timageinfo.h"
 
+#include <QtCore>
+
 // forward declaration
 //class TImageReaderLayerPsd;
 
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ TLevelReaderPsd::TLevelReaderPsd(const TFilePath &path)
 
 #ifdef REF_LAYER_BY_NAME
 		if (layerStr != "frames") {
+			QTextCodec* layerNameCodec = QTextCodec::codecForName( "SJIS" );
 			TPSDParser psdparser(m_path);
-			m_layerId = psdparser.getLevelIdByName(layerStr.toStdString());
+			m_layerId = psdparser.getLevelIdByName(layerNameCodec->fromUnicode(layerStr).toStdString());
 		} else
 			m_layerId = layerStr.toInt();
 #else
diff --git a/toonz/sources/toonzlib/txshsimplelevel.cpp b/toonz/sources/toonzlib/txshsimplelevel.cpp
index ef5bdda..548d442 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/toonzlib/txshsimplelevel.cpp
+++ b/toonz/sources/toonzlib/txshsimplelevel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-
-
 #include "toonz/txshsimplelevel.h"
 #include "imagebuilders.h"
 
@@ -40,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QRegExp>
 #include <QMessageBox>
+#include <QtCore>
 
 #include "../common/psdlib/psd.h"
 
@@ -1100,14 +1099,14 @@ TFilePath getLevelPathAndSetNameWithPsdLevelName(TXshSimpleLevel *xshLevel)
 	if (list.size() >= 2 && list.at(1) != "frames") {
 		bool hasLayerId;
 		int layid = list.at(1).toInt(&hasLayerId);
+		QTextCodec* layerNameCodec = QTextCodec::codecForName( "SJIS" );
 
 		if (hasLayerId) {
 			// An explicit photoshop layer id must be converted to the associated level name
 			TPSDParser psdparser(xshLevel->getScene()->decodeFilePath(retfp));
 			std::string levelName = psdparser.getLevelNameWithCounter(layid); // o_o  what about UNICODE names??
 
-			list[1] = QString::fromStdString(levelName);
-
+			list[1] = layerNameCodec->toUnicode(levelName.c_str());
 			std::wstring wLevelName = list.join("#").toStdWString();
 			retfp = retfp.withName(wLevelName);