If you have specific problem related to Japanese I suggest checking out the Tokyo Linux Users Group.
http://www.tlug.jp
There is a link to mutilingualization there or even better you could check the archives which they request doing before asking. The nice thing is they will show how to get English menus but ability to enter Japanese text. Can be handy for some of us.
If you need correct Kanji for addresses, they recommened purchasing ATOK to me. My Japanese wife also complains that the default selections aren't the most usual ones, and so she has to scroll through to make the proper choice more often than under Windows. We get by without it though.
As for mail clients, I heard the most recent Evolution supports Japanese fine (earlier version did not) - but whether or not that is in RH 9 I dk. I use M2 by Opera which is a little quirky but suits me great!!!!
If you need to do professionally printed documents, you may want to install microsoft fonts. I am pretty much a linux newby but was able to do it just fine.
Anyway, Japanese support is there so don't let that stop you from switching.
(4) I do my work mostly in English, but with a lot of Japanese mixed in. Is
setting up Linux to support Japanese reading and also input not-too-hard?
I've tried doing this before in previous versions with mixed success. Are
there sufficient applications which support Japanese, such as a good email
client?
-- Shawn
Happily using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
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