On the development of the application software which the personal computer, to process many kinds of Chinese character

为了处理多种汉字，我们一直在开发可以在个人计算机环境下使用的应用软件。然而，目前在万维网环境下，不仅无法在个人电脑上使用汉字，而且无法显示、发送或搜索汉字的糟糕状况是令人无法接受的。迫切需要建设信息系统，使研究和教育机构能够在全世界范围内适度传播有关亚洲历史的信息。我们建立了一个国际组织的基础，让世界各地的用户可以讨论和处理有关网上汉字数字数据库的检查和利用问题。正是为了追求这些字符（57,415）的编码，1994年与丹羽雅之一起出版了《汉字大全目录》。这份浩如烟海的报告由48页的说明材料、1890页的字符表、830页的索引以及包含JIS、Unicode、GB、CNS和KS字符集的汉字相关信息组成。目前，该材料仍在进一步修正中，中期报告即将出炉。正在另外准备一项关于汉字交流控制的提案，该提案将与河野司和山口真由美一起通过“东方研究年度书目数据库”以汉字格式在WWW上向公众开放，供国际流通。该数据库以普通（未编程）格式提供，允许用户使用他们选择的任何类型的软件应用程序来显示和检索它。

To process many kinds of Chinese characters, we had been to develop application software which can be used in the environment of the personal computer. However, the present poor situation, where it is impossible not only to employ Chinese characters on personal computers within the environment of the World Wide Web, but also impossible to display, send, or search them, is unacceptable.There is a strong need for the construction of information system that enables worldwide and moderate distribution of any information on Asian history among research and educational institutions. We prepared the foundation of international organization where users from all over the world can discuss and cope with the problem concerning inspection and utilization of digital databases in Chinese character on net, It was for the purpose of pursuing encoding of these characters (57,415) that the Complete Kanji Catalog was published in 1994 with Masayuki Niwa for that. This voluminous report consists of 48 pages of explanatory material, 1890 pages of character tables, 830 pages of indexes and related information on the Chinese characters contained the JIS, Unicode, GB, CNS and KS characters sets. At present, this material is still being further corrected, and an interim report is forthcoming. A proposal is being separately prepared about control of the Chinese characters for the purpose of exchange, which will be opened on the WWW in the Chinese character format to the public for international circulation by "Database of Annual Bibliography of Oriental Studies" with Tsukasa Kawano and Mayumi Yamaguchi for that. The database was delivered in plain (that is unprogrammed) format, with allows users to display and retrieve it using whichever type of software application they choose.