I think this bug has disappeared at least in version "Inkscape0803141639". On a Japanese Windows XP I can now open and save files into paths containing japanese caracters (which was indeed making inkscape crash in previous versions)
I think this bug has disappeared at least in version "Inkscape080314 1639". On a Japanese Windows XP I can now open and save files into paths containing japanese caracters (which was indeed making inkscape crash in previous versions)