Hi Ken, I am currently running Fedora Core 4 and use Java (jdk 1.5 from Sun) frequently with Japanese. I had the same setup running under Fedora Core 3, and didn't have any problems. I did have to edit the font.properties file to make Java pick a nice Japanese font for display, but it seems like I've had to do that for every OS that try to get Japanese and Java working on. When I start my Java programs I need to start them with: LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8 XMODIFIERS="@im=htt" java .... in order to activate the henkan engine. I don't think there is any way around that. I also have to ensure that "iiimx" is running, which is the htt IIIM bridge. For the one Java program that I need to accept Japanese input, I wrote a little script that does this: killall iiimx LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 iiimx & LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8 XMODIFIERS="@im=htt" /opt/jdk1.5.0_04/jre/javaws/javaws /home/devans/.java/deployment/cache/javaws/http/Dfugutabetai.com/P80/DMsoftware/DMGMAO/DMcode/DMbug/AMGMAO.jnlp & to get everything running. Hope that helps. I know I asked about Java and Japanese input maybe a year or two back. I haven't looked into it after that since I have been able to make do with this. dave Ken Frank wrote: