diff --git a/packages/placeholder-pdf-lib/dist/pdflibAddPlaceholder.js b/packages/placeholder-pdf-lib/dist/pdflibAddPlaceholder.js
index b608c51..ebbdf5d 100644
--- a/packages/placeholder-pdf-lib/dist/pdflibAddPlaceholder.js
+++ b/packages/placeholder-pdf-lib/dist/pdflibAddPlaceholder.js
@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@ const pdflibAddPlaceholder = ({
     SubFilter: subFilter,
     ByteRange: byteRange,
     Contents: placeholder,
-    Reason: _pdfLib.PDFString.of(reason),
+    Reason: _pdfLib.PDFHexString.fromText(reason),
     M: _pdfLib.PDFString.fromDate(signingTime !== null && signingTime !== void 0 ? signingTime : new Date()),
-    ContactInfo: _pdfLib.PDFString.of(contactInfo),
-    Name: _pdfLib.PDFString.of(name),
-    Location: _pdfLib.PDFString.of(location),
+    ContactInfo: _pdfLib.PDFHexString.fromText(contactInfo),
+    Name: _pdfLib.PDFHexString.fromText(name),
+    Location: _pdfLib.PDFHexString.fromText(location),
     Prop_Build: {
       Filter: {
         Name: 'Adobe.PPKLite'
diff --git a/packages/placeholder-pdf-lib/src/pdflibAddPlaceholder.js b/packages/placeholder-pdf-lib/src/pdflibAddPlaceholder.js
index 99e267c..c62a079 100644
--- a/packages/placeholder-pdf-lib/src/pdflibAddPlaceholder.js
+++ b/packages/placeholder-pdf-lib/src/pdflibAddPlaceholder.js
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ export const pdflibAddPlaceholder = ({
         SubFilter: subFilter,
         ByteRange: byteRange,
         Contents: placeholder,
-        Reason: PDFString.of(reason),
+        Reason: PDFHexString.fromText(reason),
         M: PDFString.fromDate(signingTime ?? new Date()),
-        ContactInfo: PDFString.of(contactInfo),
-        Name: PDFString.of(name),
-        Location: PDFString.of(location),
+        ContactInfo: PDFHexString.fromText(contactInfo),
+        Name: PDFHexString.fromText(name),
+        Location: PDFHexString.fromText(location),
         Prop_Build: {
             Filter: {Name: 'Adobe.PPKLite'},
             ...appBuild,
diff --git a/packages/placeholder-pdf-lib/src/pdflibAddPlaceholder.test.js b/packages/placeholder-pdf-lib/src/pdflibAddPlaceholder.test.js
index e9e46fb..e5ef988 100644
--- a/packages/placeholder-pdf-lib/src/pdflibAddPlaceholder.test.js
+++ b/packages/placeholder-pdf-lib/src/pdflibAddPlaceholder.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {
-    PDFArray, PDFDict, PDFDocument, PDFName, PDFObjectParser, PDFStream, PDFString,
+    PDFArray, PDFDict, PDFDocument, PDFHexString, PDFName, PDFObjectParser, PDFStream, PDFString,
 } from 'pdf-lib';
 import {readTestResource} from '@signpdf/internal-utils';
 import {DEFAULT_BYTE_RANGE_PLACEHOLDER, SUBFILTER_ETSI_CADES_DETACHED, SignPdfError} from '@signpdf/utils';
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ describe(pdflibAddPlaceholder, () => {
         const widgetData = parseObject(pdfDoc, widget.lookup(PDFName.of('V')));
 
         expect(widget.get(PDFName.of('Subtype'))).toEqual(PDFName.of('Widget'));
-        expect(widgetData.get(PDFName.of('Reason'))).toEqual(PDFString.of(defaults.reason));
-        expect(widgetData.get(PDFName.of('ContactInfo'))).toEqual(PDFString.of(defaults.contactInfo));
-        expect(widgetData.get(PDFName.of('Location'))).toEqual(PDFString.of(defaults.location));
-        expect(widgetData.get(PDFName.of('Name'))).toEqual(PDFString.of(defaults.name));
+        expect(widgetData.get(PDFName.of('Reason'))).toEqual(PDFHexString.fromText(defaults.reason));
+        expect(widgetData.get(PDFName.of('ContactInfo'))).toEqual(PDFHexString.fromText(defaults.contactInfo));
+        expect(widgetData.get(PDFName.of('Location'))).toEqual(PDFHexString.fromText(defaults.location));
+        expect(widgetData.get(PDFName.of('Name'))).toEqual(PDFHexString.fromText(defaults.name));
     });
 
     it('allows defining signing time', async () => {
@@ -383,4 +383,57 @@ describe(pdflibAddPlaceholder, () => {
         expect(fields).toBeInstanceOf(PDFArray);
         expect(fields.size()).toBe(1);
     });
+
+    it('handles Japanese characters in signature info fields', async () => {
+        const input = readTestResource('w3dummy.pdf');
+        const pdfDoc = await PDFDocument.load(input);
+
+        const japaneseDefaults = {
+            reason: '日本語の理由', // Japanese reason
+            contactInfo: '連絡先@example.com', // Japanese contact info
+            name: '田中太郎', // Japanese name
+            location: '東京、日本', // Japanese location (Tokyo, Japan)
+        };
+
+        pdflibAddPlaceholder({
+            pdfDoc,
+            ...japaneseDefaults,
+        });
+
+        /**
+         * @type {PDFArray}
+         */
+        const annots = pdfDoc.getPage(0).node.lookup(PDFName.of('Annots'));
+
+        /**
+         * @type {PDFDict}
+         */
+        const widget = annots.lookup(annots.size() - 1, PDFDict);
+
+        /**
+         * @type {PDFDict}
+         */
+        const widgetData = parseObject(pdfDoc, widget.lookup(PDFName.of('V')));
+
+        expect(widget.get(PDFName.of('Subtype'))).toEqual(PDFName.of('Widget'));
+
+        // The signature fields should be properly encoded as hex strings
+        // to preserve Japanese characters
+        const reason = widgetData.get(PDFName.of('Reason'));
+        const contactInfo = widgetData.get(PDFName.of('ContactInfo'));
+        const name = widgetData.get(PDFName.of('Name'));
+        const location = widgetData.get(PDFName.of('Location'));
+
+        // These should be PDFHexString instances, not PDFString
+        expect(reason.constructor.name).toBe('PDFHexString');
+        expect(contactInfo.constructor.name).toBe('PDFHexString');
+        expect(name.constructor.name).toBe('PDFHexString');
+        expect(location.constructor.name).toBe('PDFHexString');
+
+        // The decoded text should match the original Japanese text
+        expect(reason.decodeText()).toBe(japaneseDefaults.reason);
+        expect(contactInfo.decodeText()).toBe(japaneseDefaults.contactInfo);
+        expect(name.decodeText()).toBe(japaneseDefaults.name);
+        expect(location.decodeText()).toBe(japaneseDefaults.location);
+    });
 });