Hi Takyan,
I can't help you with the VB or database portion, but I do develop reports in Japanese and have a dedicated pc just for Japanese report development. My regonal settings are set to Japanese and within the report, all fields, text, formulas, groups, numbers, currency, etc. must be set to a Japanese acceptable font, such as MS UI Gothic or something similar, otherwise the display usually appears as boxes or gibberish.
Hope this helps, [smilejap]
Jacque