Japanese text search problem

[Ashutosh Salgarkar]

Hi all,   We are trying to search japanese keyword using a search string(in perl using pattern matching). We are facing problem while searching a particular keyword as given below, $searchStr =~ m/$key1/i when $key1 contains シリーズ We get an error as follows /シリーズ/: unmatched [] in regexp Please suggest the solution to overcome the problem. Thanks, Ashutosh.