If a class has a Japanese (SJIS encoding) class name, it cannot be loaded by the loader. Here is how to reproduce:

1. On Windows 2000, open "Regional Option" in the Control Panel
2. Select "Japanese" in "Your locale(location)" pull down.
3. Unzip the attached archive into some directory.
4. Run the batch file, with a path to the JDK directory, e.g.,
    "nihongo x:\jdk1.4\win"
5. It fails to load the Japanese class with the following error message:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: ??????

I attached a screen shot (nihongo.jpg) for your convenience.

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