Hi, In addition to the information I provided in my previous post, I've discovered that my locale directory doesn't include a subdir named ja_JP. Here is what I have: [kohei@hydro im]$ ll /usr/lib/im/locale/ total 16 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 23 12:43 ko_KR drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Feb 23 12:43 UNIT drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 23 12:43 zh_CN drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 23 12:43 zh_TW Does it have anything to do with the problem I'm experiencing? Kohei