diff -Naur JapaneseCodecs-1.4.9/src/_japanese_codecs.c JapaneseCodecs-1.4.9.patched/src/_japanese_codecs.c
--- JapaneseCodecs-1.4.9/src/_japanese_codecs.c	2002-09-24 01:57:27.000000000 -0500
+++ JapaneseCodecs-1.4.9.patched/src/_japanese_codecs.c	2003-06-15 05:42:54.000000000 -0500
@@ -757,8 +757,8 @@
 
 static designation_t designations[] = {
   {"\033(B", 3},  /* US_ASCII */
-  {"\033$B", 3},  /* JISX0208_1983 */
-  {"\033$@", 3},  /* JISX0208_1978 */
+  {"\033$(B", 4}, /* JISX0208_1983 */
+  {"\033$(@", 4}, /* JISX0208_1978 */
   {"\033(I", 3},  /* JISX0201_KATAKANA */
   {"\033(J", 3},  /* JISX0201_ROMAN */
   {"\033$(D", 4}, /* JISX0212_1990 */