fonts-ipafont-nonfree-jisx0208 software package provides Japanese TrueType font, IPAfont (JISX0208), you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install fonts-ipafont-nonfree-jisx0208
fonts-ipafont-nonfree-jisx0208 is installed in your system.
Make ensure the fonts-ipafont-nonfree-jisx0208 package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep fonts-ipafont-nonfree-jisx0208*
You will get with fonts-ipafont-nonfree-jisx0208 package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Fonts |
| Package | fonts-ipafont-nonfree-jisx0208 |
| Version | 1:00103-5 |
| Description | Japanese TrueType font, IPAfont (JISX0208) |
| Sub Section | Fonts |