diff --git a/frappe/__init__.py b/frappe/__init__.py
index 54f27ec5b8..da6dde08d8 100644
--- a/frappe/__init__.py
+++ b/frappe/__init__.py
@@ -1907,7 +1907,7 @@ def get_value(*args, **kwargs):
 	return db.get_value(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
-def as_json(obj: dict | list, indent=1, separators=None) -> str:
+def as_json(obj: dict | list, indent=1, separators=None, ensure_ascii=True) -> str:
 	from frappe.utils.response import json_handler
 
 	if separators is None:
@@ -1915,13 +1915,24 @@ def as_json(obj: dict | list, indent=1, separators=None) -> str:
 
 	try:
 		return json.dumps(
-			obj, indent=indent, sort_keys=True, default=json_handler, separators=separators
+			obj,
+			indent=indent,
+			sort_keys=True,
+			default=json_handler,
+			separators=separators,
+			ensure_ascii=ensure_ascii,
 		)
 	except TypeError:
 		# this would break in case the keys are not all os "str" type - as defined in the JSON
 		# adding this to ensure keys are sorted (expected behaviour)
 		sorted_obj = dict(sorted(obj.items(), key=lambda kv: str(kv[0])))
-		return json.dumps(sorted_obj, indent=indent, default=json_handler, separators=separators)
+		return json.dumps(
+			sorted_obj,
+			indent=indent,
+			default=json_handler,
+			separators=separators,
+			ensure_ascii=ensure_ascii,
+		)
 
 
 def are_emails_muted():
diff --git a/frappe/core/doctype/data_import/data_import.py b/frappe/core/doctype/data_import/data_import.py
index c055524fd1..afa6f3d0fa 100644
--- a/frappe/core/doctype/data_import/data_import.py
+++ b/frappe/core/doctype/data_import/data_import.py
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ def export_json(doctype, path, filters=None, or_filters=None, name=None, order_b
 		path = os.path.join("..", path)
 
 	with open(path, "w") as outfile:
-		outfile.write(frappe.as_json(out))
+		outfile.write(frappe.as_json(out, ensure_ascii=False))
 
 
 def export_csv(doctype, path):