from http://home.netscape.com/home/help-on-version/mac-1.1b1.html:
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> Surfing the Net in Japanese
>
> Japanese Character Set Encodings: Netscape Navigator 1.1 Beta has
> built-in support for browsing Japanese Web sites. Netscape can
> browse data in any of the three major Japanese character set
> encodings:
>
> * JIS (ISO-2022-JP),
> * SJIS (Shift-JIS) and
> * EUC-JP (Extended UNIX Code forJapanese)
>
> * Line Wrapping for Japanese Text: Netscape relies upon "white
> space" to determine where to wrap lines when laying out HTML
> text files in English (and other alphabetic languages).
>
> Japanese text does not normally include "white space" (e.g.,
> spaces and tabs), so Netscape 1.1 wraps lines at Japanese
> character boundaries when laying out HTML text files in
> Japanese.
>
> * MIME Charset parameter in HTTP: If the MIME charset parameter
> is included in the HTTP header from the server, Netscape 1.1
> parses this parameter to determine the encoding of text file.
> For example:
>
>
> Content-Type: text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1
> or
> Content-Type: text/html; charset=3Diso-2022-jp
>
> The charset names recognized by Netscape 1.1 are specified in
> RFC 1700 (except for the names that begin with "x-"). These
> include:
> o us-ascii
> o iso-8859-1
> o iso-2022-jp
> o x-sjis
> o x-euc-jp
> o x-mac-roman
>
> Netscape also supports aliases for us-ascii:
> ansi_x3.4-1968, iso-ir-6, ansi_x3.4-1986, iso_646.irv:1991,
> ascii, iso646-us, us, ibm367, cp367.
>
> Netscape also supports aliases for iso_8859-1:
> latin1, iso_8859-1, iso_8859-1:1987, iso-ir-100, l1, ibm819,
> cp819.
>
> * Preferences: If the MIME charset is not specified in the HTTP
> headers, then Netscape will determine the character set
> encoding of the text files from a user selectable preference.
>
> * Document Information: The character set encoding of the current
> document is included in the "Document Information..." box under
> the File menu.
>
> * System Requirements: To surf in Japanese on Windows Japanese
> Windows is required. It may also work on US Windows if third
> party Japanese enabling software such as Win/V is being used.
>
> To surf in Japanese on Macintosh, either KanjiTalk7 or Japanese
> Language Kit (on System 7) is required.
>
> * Additional Information: Additional information and Japanese Web
> pages will be made available at Netscape. Stay tuned.
>