Run attached code, you will find JDK1.1.3 failed to display Japanese or
any other no-english language string by using Graphics.drawString().

You'd better take a look of
AwtGraphics::DrawSubstringWidth() at /src/win32/sun/windows/awt_Graphics.cpp.


import java.awt.*;
import java.io.PrintStream;

public class sample {
static String hexConst = "0123456789ABCDEF";

        public static void main( String[] args ) {
                createa();
        }

static private String getString(int higher) {
char charr[];
String css;

charr = new char[8];

for(int j = 0; j < 8; j++) {
charr[j] = (char)(higher + j);
//charr[j * 2 + 1] = ' ';
}
return new String(charr);
}

        static void createa () {

                Frame a=new Frame("Test");
TestLabel tl = new TestLabel();
TestCanvas tc = new TestCanvas();
                a.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
                //a.add("Center", new TextArea(getString(0x3000)));
tc.setSize(100, 100);
tc.setText(getString(0x8000));
                a.add("Center", tc);

                a.add("North", new Button(getString(0x8000)));

tl.setText("abcdefg"); //getString(0x8000));
a.add("South", tl);
                //a.add("North", new Button("Ë̵þ"));
a.pack();
                a.show();
        }
}

class TestLabel extends Label{
        public static String itsName() { return "Label"; }
String s;
        public TestLabel() {
                super("");
        }
        public void setText(String st) {
                s = new String(st);
                repaint();
        }
        public void paint(Graphics g) {
                g.drawString(s, 0, 20);
        }

}

class TestCanvas extends Canvas {
        public static String itsName() { return "Graphics.drawString"; }
        String s;
        public TestCanvas() {
                super();
        }
        public void setText(String st) {
                s = new String(st);
                repaint();
        }
        public void paint(Graphics g) {
                g.drawString(s, 0, 20);
        }
}