diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 8099eab3b..f50c9da04 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -168,4 +168,5 @@ suggestions:
   trHD
   Benjamin Weber
   alparo
+  Roy Zuo
 
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8092dc729..01f295025 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ Bugs
    package (thanks to Jakub Wilk).
  + Fixed bug #1183, correcting error message typos (thanks to Jakub Wilk).
  + Fixed bug #1184, correcting man page formatting (thanks to Jakub Wilk).
+ + Fixed bug #1189, which caused wide Asian UTF8 characters to be measured as
+   narrow characters (thanks to Roy Zuo).
  + Improved hyphenation by splitting on commas (even if no whitespace after).
    Leads to better output of, for example, 'task show', where comma-separated
    lists are common.
diff --git a/src/ViewTask.cpp b/src/ViewTask.cpp
index 5379c323d..562ba0edb 100644
--- a/src/ViewTask.cpp
+++ b/src/ViewTask.cpp
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ std::string ViewTask::render (std::vector <Task>& data, std::vector <int>& seque
 
     if (print_empty_columns || global_min != 0)
     {
-      unsigned int label_length = utf8_length ((*i)->label ());
+      unsigned int label_length = utf8_width ((*i)->label ());
       if (label_length > global_min)   global_min   = label_length;
       if (label_length > global_ideal) global_ideal = label_length;
       minimal.push_back (global_min);
diff --git a/src/ViewText.cpp b/src/ViewText.cpp
index 348bf3a42..1d82d0771 100644
--- a/src/ViewText.cpp
+++ b/src/ViewText.cpp
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ std::string ViewText::render ()
   for (unsigned int col = 0; col < _columns.size (); ++col)
   {
     // Headers factor in to width calculations.
-    unsigned int global_min = utf8_length (_columns[col]->label ());
+    unsigned int global_min = utf8_width (_columns[col]->label ());
     unsigned int global_ideal = global_min;
 
     for (unsigned int row = 0; row < _data.size (); ++row)
diff --git a/src/columns/ColDescription.cpp b/src/columns/ColDescription.cpp
index 0e9646771..68d8cbb7d 100644
--- a/src/columns/ColDescription.cpp
+++ b/src/columns/ColDescription.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <Date.h>
 #include <ColDescription.h>
 #include <text.h>
+#include <utf8.h>
 #include <util.h>
 #include <i18n.h>
 
@@ -106,14 +107,14 @@ void ColumnDescription::measure (Task& task, unsigned int& minimum, unsigned int
     int min_desc = longestWord (description);
     int min_anno = indent + Date::length (format);
     minimum = std::max (min_desc, min_anno);
-    maximum = description.length ();
+    maximum = utf8_width (description);
 
     std::map <std::string, std::string> annos;
     task.getAnnotations (annos);
     std::map <std::string, std::string>::iterator i;
     for (i = annos.begin (); i != annos.end (); i++)
     {
-      unsigned int len = min_anno + 1 + i->second.length ();
+      unsigned int len = min_anno + 1 + utf8_width (i->second);
       if (len > maximum)
         maximum = len;
     }
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ void ColumnDescription::measure (Task& task, unsigned int& minimum, unsigned int
   // Just the text
   else if (_style == "desc")
   {
-    maximum = description.length ();
+    maximum = utf8_width (description);
     minimum = longestWord (description);
   }
 
@@ -136,20 +137,20 @@ void ColumnDescription::measure (Task& task, unsigned int& minimum, unsigned int
     int min_desc = longestWord (description);
     int min_anno = Date::length (format);
     minimum = std::max (min_desc, min_anno);
-    maximum = description.length ();
+    maximum = utf8_width (description);
 
     std::map <std::string, std::string> annos;
     task.getAnnotations (annos);
     std::map <std::string, std::string>::iterator i;
     for (i = annos.begin (); i != annos.end (); i++)
-      maximum += i->second.length () + minimum + 1;
+      maximum += utf8_width (i->second) + minimum + 1;
   }
 
   // The te...
   else if (_style == "truncated")
   {
     minimum = 4;
-    maximum = description.length ();
+    maximum = utf8_width (description);
   }
 
   // The text [2]
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ void ColumnDescription::measure (Task& task, unsigned int& minimum, unsigned int
     task.getAnnotations (annos);
 
     // <description> + ' ' + '[' + <count> + ']'
-    maximum = description.length () + 3 + format ((int)annos.size ()).length ();
+    maximum = utf8_width (description) + 3 + utf8_width (format ((int)annos.size ()));
     minimum = longestWord (description);
   }
 
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ void ColumnDescription::render (
   // This is a des...
   else if (_style == "truncated")
   {
-    int len = description.length ();
+    int len = utf8_width (description);
     if (len > width)
       lines.push_back (color.colorize (description.substr (0, width - 3) + "..."));
     else
diff --git a/src/columns/ColProject.cpp b/src/columns/ColProject.cpp
index d2bbdbd1c..4acc6453a 100644
--- a/src/columns/ColProject.cpp
+++ b/src/columns/ColProject.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <Context.h>
 #include <ColProject.h>
 #include <text.h>
+#include <utf8.h>
 #include <util.h>
 #include <i18n.h>
 
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ void ColumnProject::measure (Task& task, unsigned int& minimum, unsigned int& ma
     throw format (STRING_COLUMN_BAD_FORMAT, _name, _style);
 
   minimum = longestWord (project);
-  maximum = project.length ();
+  maximum = utf8_width (project);
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/columns/ColTags.cpp b/src/columns/ColTags.cpp
index 0b716db87..a8a6f2f82 100644
--- a/src/columns/ColTags.cpp
+++ b/src/columns/ColTags.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <ColTags.h>
 #include <text.h>
 #include <i18n.h>
+#include <utf8.h>
 
 extern Context context;
 
@@ -85,14 +86,14 @@ void ColumnTags::setStyle (const std::string& value)
 // Set the minimum and maximum widths for the value.
 void ColumnTags::measure (Task& task, unsigned int& minimum, unsigned int& maximum)
 {
-       if (_style == "indicator") minimum = maximum = context.config.get ("tag.indicator").length ();
+       if (_style == "indicator") minimum = maximum = utf8_width (context.config.get ("tag.indicator"));
   else if (_style == "count")     minimum = maximum = 3;
   else if (_style == "default" ||
            _style == "list")
   {
     std::string tags = task.get (_name);
     minimum = 0;
-    maximum = tags.length ();
+    maximum = utf8_width (tags);
 
     if (maximum)
     {
@@ -101,9 +102,9 @@ void ColumnTags::measure (Task& task, unsigned int& minimum, unsigned int& maxim
       std::vector <std::string>::iterator i;
       for (i = all.begin (); i != all.end (); ++i)
       {
-        unsigned int length_ = i->length ();
-        if (length_ > minimum)
-          minimum = i->length () + 1;
+        unsigned int length = utf8_width (*i);
+        if (length > minimum)
+          minimum = length;
       }
     }
   }
@@ -121,7 +122,18 @@ void ColumnTags::render (
   std::string tags = task.get (_name);
   if (tags != "")
   {
-    if (_style == "indicator")
+    if (_style == "default" ||
+        _style == "list")
+    {
+      std::replace (tags.begin (), tags.end (), ',', ' ');
+      std::vector <std::string> all;
+      wrapText (all, tags, width, _hyphenate);
+
+      std::vector <std::string>::iterator i;
+      for (i = all.begin (); i != all.end (); ++i)
+        lines.push_back (color.colorize (leftJustify (*i, width)));
+    }
+    else if (_style == "indicator")
     {
       lines.push_back (
         color.colorize (
@@ -135,17 +147,6 @@ void ColumnTags::render (
         color.colorize (
           rightJustify ("[" + format ((int)all.size ()) + "]", width)));
     }
-    else if (_style == "default" ||
-             _style == "list")
-    {
-      std::replace (tags.begin (), tags.end (), ',', ' ');
-      std::vector <std::string> all;
-      wrapText (all, tags, width, _hyphenate);
-
-      std::vector <std::string>::iterator i;
-      for (i = all.begin (); i != all.end (); ++i)
-        lines.push_back (color.colorize (leftJustify (*i, width)));
-    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/columns/ColUDA.cpp b/src/columns/ColUDA.cpp
index facd44b17..36ccb732e 100644
--- a/src/columns/ColUDA.cpp
+++ b/src/columns/ColUDA.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <Date.h>
 #include <ColUDA.h>
 #include <text.h>
+#include <utf8.h>
 #include <i18n.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
@@ -99,11 +100,11 @@ void ColumnUDA::measure (Task& task, unsigned int& minimum, unsigned int& maximu
         if (format == "")
           format = context.config.get ("dateformat");
 
-        minimum = maximum = date.toString (format).length ();
+        minimum = maximum = utf8_width (date.toString (format));
       }
       else if (_type == "duration")
       {
-        minimum = maximum = Duration (value).formatCompact ().length ();
+        minimum = maximum = utf8_width (Duration (value).formatCompact ());
       }
       else if (_type == "string")
       {
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ void ColumnUDA::measure (Task& task, unsigned int& minimum, unsigned int& maximu
       }
       else if (_type == "numeric")
       {
-        minimum = maximum = value.length ();
+        minimum = maximum = utf8_width (value);
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/text.cpp b/src/text.cpp
index 6ce964945..3098e32fd 100644
--- a/src/text.cpp
+++ b/src/text.cpp
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ std::string leftJustify (const int input, const int width)
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 std::string leftJustify (const std::string& input, const int width)
 {
-  return input + std::string (width - utf8_text_length (input), ' ');
+  return input + std::string (width - utf8_text_width (input), ' ');
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ std::string rightJustify (const int input, const int width)
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 std::string rightJustify (const std::string& input, const int width)
 {
-  return std::string (width - utf8_text_length (input), ' ') + input;
+  return std::string (width - utf8_text_width (input), ' ') + input;
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/test/bug.455.t b/test/bug.455.t
index a27488cbc..8f696eee7 100755
--- a/test/bug.455.t
+++ b/test/bug.455.t
@@ -40,15 +40,17 @@ if (open my $fh, '>', '455.rc')
   ok (-r '455.rc', 'Created 455.rc');
 }
 
-# Bug #455 - Text alignment in reports is broken when text contains utf8 characters
+# Bug #455 - Text alignment in reports is broken when text contains wide utf8
+#            characters
 
 qx{../src/task rc:455.rc add abc pro:Bar\x{263A} 2>&1};
 qx{../src/task rc:455.rc add def pro:Foo! 2>&1};
 
 my $output = qx{../src/task rc:455.rc ls 2>&1};
 
-like ($output, qr/\s{7}abc/ms, 'bug 455 - correct spacing in utf8 task');
-like ($output, qr/\s{7}def/ms, 'bug 455 - correct spacing in non utf8 task');
+# ' ' + 'Pri' + ' ' == 5
+like ($output, qr/\S\s{5}abc/ms, 'bug 455 - correct spacing in utf8 task');
+like ($output, qr/\S\s{5}def/ms, 'bug 455 - correct spacing in non utf8 task');
 
 # Cleanup.
 unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data synch.key 455.rc);