RE: Japanese characters show up as ? in browser

> > Here is the XML declaration from the file:
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> >
> > Does this seem correct?
>
> It's correct if and only if the characters in the file are actually
encoded
> in UTF-8.

Well, the XML in question is as follows:

<Id>&#x65E5;&#x672C;&#x8A9E;</Id>
<Description>&#x82B1;&#x5B50;</Description>

These characters come from Java which has them in UTF-8.  Does the XML
snippet above look correct?  Or does the &#x1234; format mean some other
encoding is being used?

Regards,
Dave