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The information below applies to PunBB 1.1, 1.1.1 and 1.1.2. Versions after that are not affected.
In order for search to work when using the japanese lang pack, a small change must be made to search.php. Open up the file in a text editor and go to line 56. There, replace the text 'shift_jis' with 'EUC-JP'. Save and upload the file.
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