diff --git a/bridges/YorushikaBridge.php b/bridges/YorushikaBridge.php
index d528999a..d75b97d7 100644
--- a/bridges/YorushikaBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/YorushikaBridge.php
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ class YorushikaBridge extends BridgeAbstract
 
     public function collectData()
     {
-        $url = 'https://yorushika.com/news/5/';
         switch ($this->getInput('lang')) {
             case 'jp':
                 $url = 'https://yorushika.com/news/5/';
@@ -99,14 +98,8 @@ class YorushikaBridge extends BridgeAbstract
 
             // Get article date
             $date = $art->find('.date', 0)->plaintext;
-            if (preg_match('/(\d)年(\d)月(\d)/', $date, $matches)) {
-                // Some dates will contain Chinese characters, remove those from the string
-                $formattedDate = sprintf('%d.%02d.%02d', $matches[1], $matches[2], $matches[3]);
-            } else {
-                // Assume the date is already in 'Y.m.d' format
-                preg_match('/\d+\.\d+\.\d+/', $date, $matches);
-                $formattedDate = $matches[0];
-            }
+            preg_match('/(\d+)[\.年](\d+)[\.月](\d+)/u', $date, $matches);
+            $formattedDate = sprintf('%d.%02d.%02d', $matches[1], $matches[2], $matches[3]);
             $date = date_create_from_format('Y.m.d', $formattedDate);
             $date = date_format($date, 'd.m.Y');