def convert_kanji(self, zahl):
    japnumber = '\xe5\x85\x86', '\xe5\x84\x84', '\xe4\xb8\x87'
jap_factors = {'\xe5\x85\x86': 1000000000000, '\xe5\x84\x84': 100000000,
    '\xe4\xb8\x87': 10000}
converted_number = 0
already_found = False
found_kanji_previous = 0
try:
    return int(zahl)
except ValueError:
    for key in japnumber:
        if key in zahl:
            gef_kanji = zahl.find(key)
if not already_found:
    pass
Japanese Numerals to Arabic Numerals converter in Python