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I've hit that glitch before. Maybe try making a Tk::Font object. Try to make a small example which demonstrates the problem. This displays Japanese for me. 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use Tk;

my $mw=tkinit;

$mw->fontCreate('big',
     -family=>'arial',
     -weight=>'bold',
     -size=> 38
    );

my $string = "\x{65E5}\x{672C}\x{8A9E}\x{306E}\x{3072}\x{3089}\x{304C}
+\x{306A}\x{6F22 }\x{5B57}\x{3068}\x{30AB}\x{30BF}\x{30AB}\x{30CA}";

my $label = $mw->Label(-bg => 'white',
                       -text => $string, 
                       -font => 'big')->pack();

MainLoop;

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Re^2: Perl Tk -font option is not working in linux if the language is japanese
by LeonelMendoza (Initiate) on Nov 07, 2012 at 03:00 UTC
    Here's my code: 
     my $label = $mw->Label(-bg => 'white',
                       -text => $string, 
                       -font => "-adobe-helvetica-regular-r-normal-*-1
+2-*-*-*-*-*-*-*")->pack();

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    I've tried english as the language when using linux, and instead of adobe helvetica that i specified it is using "Nimbus sans L" as its font. I've also tried font create but it's the same....

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      Your code works for me here. I think you are missing the font you specified. This works, 2 labels shown, both Japanese, different fonts. 
      #!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use Tk;

my $mw=tkinit;

$mw->fontCreate('big',
     -family=>'arial',
     -weight=>'bold',
     -size=> 38
    );

my $string = "\x{65E5}\x{672C}\x{8A9E}\x{306E}\x{3072}\x{3089}\x{304C}
+\x{306A}\x{6F22 }\x{5B57}\x{3068}\x{30AB}\x{30BF}\x{30AB}\x{30CA}";

my $label = $mw->Label(-bg => 'white',
                       -text => $string, 
                       -font => 'big')->pack();


my $label1 = $mw->Label(-bg => 'white',
                       -text => $string, 
                       -font => "-adobe-helvetica-regular-r-normal-*-1
+2-*-*-*-*-*-*-*")->pack();

MainLoop;

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      First, do you actually have the adobe font that you're trying to use? On my system, it doesn't exist; however, I improvised and settled on this: 
      #!/usr/bin/perl

BEGIN {
    $|  = 1;
    $^W = 1;
}

use strict;
use warnings;
use Tk;
use Tk::X11Font;

my $font = "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--12-120-75-75-p-70-iso8859-
+1";

my $mw = MainWindow->new;
$mw->geometry('100x150');

my $label = $mw->Label(
    -bg   => 'white',
    -text => "Help!",
    -font => \$font,
)->pack;
                       
MainLoop;

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        Yes, the font exists, Also i tried to copy fonts from the list the xlsfonts command provided, but it is still using "nimbus sans l". How do you get the real font? Here's my code to get the real font: 

        
#!/usr/bin/perl

BEGIN {
    $|  = 1;
    $^W = 1;
}

use strict;
use warnings;
use Tk;
use Tk::X11Font;

my $font = "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--12-120-75-75-p-70-iso8859-
+1";

my $mw = MainWindow->new;
$mw->geometry('100x150');

my $label = $mw->Label(
    -bg   => 'white',
    -text => "Help!",
    -font => \$font,
)->pack;

my $realfont = $label->cget(-font);
print join(" ", $label->fontActual($realfont)), "\n";

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        Here's my software specification: CentOS Release 4.8 perltk 804.030 perl 5.8.5-builtin in CENTOS Please help me!

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