Okay, so I'm using Jbuilder and would like to display Japanese Characters in the console The following is the only way I could manage to get it to display albeit it only displays in a popup: ----------------- -------------------------------------- import java.util.*; import java.io.*; import javax.swing.*; public class japanese_test_class { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, FileNotFoundException { PrintWriter output = new PrintWriter("temp.txt", "Cp933"); System.out.println("ひらがな　の　けんさ　です。\u3041"); String test = "ひらがな　の　けんさ \u3041"; System.out.println(test); output.println( "\u3041 おい！　レイ　です。 よろしく　おねがいします。Hey There！ Rey Here. Pleasure to make your acquaintance." ); output.println( "Hey There！ Rey　Here. Pleasure to make your acquaintance." ); output.close(); Scanner input = new Scanner(new File("temp.txt"), "Cp933"); JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, input.nextLine()); } } ----------------------------------- ---------------- I would like to have the Japanese display using system.out.println("xxxx") and not have it as a pop up. (This is my first Java Class but I'm hoping to have my final project be a program that aids students in learning Japanese Characters. I'm using OS X 10.5.2)