It seems that the Flash plugin refers to ttf-kochi-mincho, a font that no longer is shipped with Ubuntu. Installing it will fix the display issue instantly.
In a terminal, type:
sudo apt-get install ttf-kochi-mincho
Now, Kochi is a rather ugly font for a lot of people. Using a different font requires a bit of hacking, you have to overwrite ttf-kochi-mincho with something else. In this case we'll use Takao PGothic, one of the default Japanese fonts in Ubuntu.
I found a solution for the display of Japanese text that works on my computer from this blog entry (Japanese): http:// blog.minawa. net/2011/ 10/hululinux. html
It seems that the Flash plugin refers to ttf-kochi-mincho, a font that no longer is shipped with Ubuntu. Installing it will fix the display issue instantly.
In a terminal, type:
sudo apt-get install ttf-kochi-mincho
Now, Kochi is a rather ugly font for a lot of people. Using a different font requires a bit of hacking, you have to overwrite ttf-kochi-mincho with something else. In this case we'll use Takao PGothic, one of the default Japanese fonts in Ubuntu.
In a terminal, type:
sudo cp /usr/share/ fonts/truetype/ takao/TakaoPGot hic.ttf /usr/share/ fonts/truetype/ kochi/kochi- mincho- subst.ttf
You can replace 'TakaoPGothic.ttf' with any Japanese font you like. Right now, I'm using one called 'Motoya L Cedar.'