Japanese input on Curve 8530?

Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone here knows how to add Japanese as an input language for the 8350.
I've done some searches on google but everything was from 2008 or early 2009 and pertained to other models. Currently, my Blackberry can read (render) Japanese text but it doesn't come up as an option under input.
I tried reinstalling my Desktop Manager with Japanese as the language but when I did, many of the menus (but not all - mostly the title bars of the 6 options on the main menu) came up as "???????????????" and not in Japanese. And yes, I do have the East Asian languages installed on my computer and am able to input Japanese on my computer.
If anyone has any solutions or knows anything, your help would be appreciated. Thank you!
Blackberry 8530 - Sprint
v5.0.0.459 (Platform 4.2.0.201)

Hi,
We use at our firm 8707V and I downloaded the same firmware for Japanese Character Support.
We also have offices across in European town such as Frankfurt and Paris.
We did try number of devices to achive the Japanese Character Support, however none from European 8707 devices works.
What we found is that 8707 model with only QWERTY model works with the firmware but not with any other K/B such one you can obtain in German and France.

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