diff -u groff-1.17.2/src/roff/nroff/nroff.sh.orig  groff-1.17.2/src/roff/nroff/nroff.sh
--- groff-1.17.2/src/roff/nroff/nroff.sh.orig	Tue Jun  4 18:18:46 2002
+++ groff-1.17.2/src/roff/nroff/nroff.sh	Tue Jun  4 18:20:51 2002
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/sh
 # Emulate nroff with groff.
 
 prog="$0"
@@ -92,11 +92,28 @@
   shift
 done
 
+# special hack to display Japanese man pages correctly in ja_JP.UTF-8 locale:
+ICONV="cat"
+case "${LANGUAGE-${LC_ALL-${LC_MESSAGES-${LANG}}}}" in
+    ja*)
+    case "`locale charmap 2>/dev/null`" in
+        UTF-8)
+        # Japanese man page in UTF-8 locale, special case!
+        # force the device 'nippon' run groff in ja_JP.eucJP locale
+        # and convert the result to UTF-8 using iconv:
+        T=-Tnippon
+        export LC_ALL=ja_JP.eucJP
+        ICONV="iconv -f EUC-JP -t UTF-8"
+        ;;
+    esac
+    ;;
+esac
+
 # This shell script is intended for use with man, so warnings are
 # probably not wanted.  Also load nroff-style character definitions.
 
 : address@hidden@}
 export GROFF_BIN_PATH
-PATH=$GROFF_BIN_PATH:$PATH groff $safer -Wall -mtty-char $T $opts ${1+"$@"}
+PATH=$GROFF_BIN_PATH:$PATH groff $safer -Wall -mtty-char $T $opts ${1+"$@"} | $ICONV
 
 # eof