Ok... this one probably has been working since KDE 2.2, but I've been running the program in an incorrect fashion. LANG=ja_JP.eucJP LC_ALL=ja_JP.eucJP XMODIFIERS="@im=kinput2" kword will run KWord where kinput2 can input Japanese characters. LANG=ja_JP soffice is necessary in order to input Japanese into StarOffice 6.0 final.