how can I send japanese string between form in jsp and struts?

[prosper]

I have the following statement in my jsp
<META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Shift_JIS">
/* */
try{
request.setCharacterEncoding("Shift_JIS");
}
catch (UnsupportedEncodingException uee){
}
before I use request.getParameter("firstname");
I use Japanese win2000
Thanks for any help!

 

[prosper]

I 've found it

msg = new String( msg.getBytes("latin1"), "JISAutoDetect" );