Fonts & Character Sets ⇒ Problems with Japanese Characters

[yudantaiteki]

Hi all,

I just started using LaTeX; I want to use it for my PhD thesis. I have a programming background so the basics aren't too bad; I've gotten the program configured and I can make basic documents with no problem. But I need to be able to write Japanese characters as well, and I'm having trouble making that work.

I'm using MiKTeX 2.9 on Windows 7. I can use Japanese input and viewing with no problem on Libre Office, Firefox, etc, and I can view PDF files with Japanese characters in Adobe Reader as well. I installed the cjk and cjk-fonts packages via MiKTeX Package Manager.

Here's an example I got from the web that I'm trying to use:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{CJKutf8}
\begin{document}
\begin{CJK*}{UTF8}{mj}

おはよう % "Morning" in Japanese

{\CJKfamily{gbsn}早} % "Morning" in Chinese
\begin{CJK}{UTF8}{min}
露の世は 露の世ながら さりながら
\end{CJK}
\clearpage\end{CJK*}
\end{document}

In PDFLaTeX, this gives an error about not being able to find uwmj.cfg and that it can't find a font:

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! Font C70/mj/m/n/10/30=uwmj30 at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found.

In XeTeX, this compiles, but the PDF doesn't show the characters (either in Adobe or the included preview program). The text file seems to be encoded correctly since I can open it in Notepad and see the Japanese characters. I assume this is some sort of font problem; I know I have the MS Mincho font because I use that in Libre Office. Any advice?

(I've tried other text examples from other sites as well and I get the same result. If there are normal ASCII characters in the text they show up fine.)

EDIT: Some additional info that may be of use -- other special characters like accented letters show up fine (although for some reason the bibliography entries from Jabref don't display correctly).

[yudantaiteki]

OK, I fixed the problem...it was definitely a font problem (checking the log cleared that up). I just had to use fontspec and enter a real name, not just the "min" or "mj" stuff I was finding in the examples. Here's one that actually worked.

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\documentclass{article}
    \usepackage{CJK}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{MS Mincho}
    \begin{document}
    \begin{CJK}{UTF8}{MS Mincho}

    おはよう % "Morning" in Japanese

    \clearpage\end{CJK}
    \end{document}