ireport and arabic problem in mySQL

iam using Database MYSQL

i have two problems

1 - when i try to save arabic data from jsp to the database the charchters are changed into ???

the encodeing in the DB is utf-8

the encodeing in the JSP page is utf-8

the char is changed when it is received by the servlets

i wanna a solution

2 - how to link ireport reports with jsp

thx