Problem in Searching Japanese Strings

Hello All,

I have Firebird 1.5 Database. I am trying to search for names from the Database table which start from "Tanaka" (String in Japanese Characters) from my Java Code.

Ex : Select * from Employee where name like 'TANAKA'

When i execute this I get a Exception :-
"Cannot Transliterate Character between Character Sets"

1) Database Character Set is :- SJIS_0208
2) I can very well see the Japanese Data in the Database through the Flame Robin IDE.
3) But the Select Query Gives the same result (IBPP exception)
4) When i use the EMS IBManager IDE, i can successfully execute the query !!!

Question
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1) Do i need to specify the character set again while connecting to the database ? If yes ... how to specify it to the JDBC Driver ?

Please Help !!!

- Sanket