REPOST: Character encoding problems sending UTF-8 back to client

I apologize if this has come across already, but I still haven't seen it on the mailing list after 18 hours. All, I can't really figure out if I'm doing something wrong here or if there is a defect involved. Basically, I have a Japanese string that I'm attempting to send back to the client. H

Character encoding problems sending UTF-8 back to client

All, I can't really figure out if I'm doing something wrong here or if there is a defect involved. Basically, I have a Japanese string that I'm attempting to send back to the client. However, when the client receives the string, it is mangled beyond repair. I've put together a small test case