Netscape allows you select different language encoding and font displays. You can setup different fonts for different encodings and just change the encoding whenever you look at a different web site.
Follow these steps to change the language encoding to Japanese in Netscape v1.1 and v2.0.
Netscape 1.1
1. Choose Preferences from the Options menu.
2. Choose Fonts and Colors from the pop-up menu.
3. Choose Japanese from the For the Encoding pop-up menu.
4. Set Japanese Fonts to Font setting.
5. Set Default Encoding to SJIS and check Auto Select.
Netscape 2.0
1. Choose General from the Options menu.
2. Choose Fonts panel.
3. Choose Japanese from the For the Encoding pop-up menu.
4. Set Japanese Fonts to Font Setting.
5. Click OK.
6. Choose Documents Encoding from the Options menu.
7. Choose Japanese Auto-Detect