I don't have xpdf-japanese installed and the example your pointed on the freedesktop bug seems to work fine and copy works fine on it too. Do you have any example to provide with some details on what is wrong exactly about it?
** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Needs Info
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Missing dep on charset map files
https://launchpad.net/bugs/48708
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