diff --git a/objdiff-core/src/arch/mod.rs b/objdiff-core/src/arch/mod.rs
index 59da3cca..5d44aaea 100644
--- a/objdiff-core/src/arch/mod.rs
+++ b/objdiff-core/src/arch/mod.rs
@@ -42,15 +42,15 @@ pub mod x86;
 pub const OPCODE_INVALID: u16 = u16::MAX;
 pub const OPCODE_DATA: u16 = u16::MAX - 1;
 
-const SUPPORTED_ENCODINGS: [(&encoding_rs::Encoding, &str); 7] = [
+const SUPPORTED_ENCODINGS_WITH_NULL_TERM: [(&encoding_rs::Encoding, &str); 5] = [
     (encoding_rs::UTF_8, "UTF-8"),
     (encoding_rs::SHIFT_JIS, "Shift JIS"),
-    (encoding_rs::UTF_16BE, "UTF-16BE"),
-    (encoding_rs::UTF_16LE, "UTF-16LE"),
     (encoding_rs::WINDOWS_1252, "Windows-1252"),
     (encoding_rs::EUC_JP, "EUC-JP"),
     (encoding_rs::BIG5, "Big5"),
 ];
+const SUPPORTED_ENCODINGS_NO_NULL_TERM: [(&encoding_rs::Encoding, &str); 2] =
+    [(encoding_rs::UTF_16BE, "UTF-16BE"), (encoding_rs::UTF_16LE, "UTF-16LE")];
 
 /// Represents the type of data associated with an instruction
 #[derive(PartialEq)]
@@ -174,24 +174,27 @@ impl DataType {
                 strs.push((format!("{bytes:#?}"), None, None));
             }
             DataType::String => {
-                // Special case to display (ASCII) as the label for ASCII-only strings.
-                let mut is_ascii = false;
-                if bytes.is_ascii()
-                    && let Ok(str) = str::from_utf8(bytes)
-                {
-                    let trimmed = str.trim_end_matches('\0');
-                    if !trimmed.is_empty() {
-                        let copy_string = escape_special_ascii_characters(trimmed);
-                        strs.push((trimmed.to_string(), Some("ASCII".into()), Some(copy_string)));
-                        is_ascii = true;
+                if let Some(nul_idx) = bytes.iter().position(|&c| c == b'\0') {
+                    let str_bytes = &bytes[..nul_idx];
+                    // Special case to display (ASCII) as the label for ASCII-only strings.
+                    let (cow, _, had_errors) = encoding_rs::UTF_8.decode(str_bytes);
+                    if !had_errors && cow.is_ascii() {
+                        let string = format!("{cow}");
+                        let copy_string = escape_special_ascii_characters(&string);
+                        strs.push((string, Some("ASCII".into()), Some(copy_string)));
+                    }
+                    for (encoding, encoding_name) in SUPPORTED_ENCODINGS_WITH_NULL_TERM {
+                        let (cow, _, had_errors) = encoding.decode(str_bytes);
+                        // Avoid showing ASCII-only strings more than once if the encoding is ASCII-compatible.
+                        if !had_errors && (!encoding.is_ascii_compatible() || !cow.is_ascii()) {
+                            let string = format!("{cow}");
+                            let copy_string = escape_special_ascii_characters(&string);
+                            strs.push((string, Some(encoding_name.into()), Some(copy_string)));
+                        }
                     }
                 }
 
-                for (encoding, encoding_name) in SUPPORTED_ENCODINGS {
-                    // Avoid showing ASCII-only strings more than once if the encoding is ASCII-compatible.
-                    if is_ascii && encoding.is_ascii_compatible() {
-                        continue;
-                    }
+                for (encoding, encoding_name) in SUPPORTED_ENCODINGS_NO_NULL_TERM {
                     let (cow, _, had_errors) = encoding.decode(bytes);
                     if had_errors {
                         continue;
diff --git a/objdiff-core/src/arch/ppc/flow_analysis.rs b/objdiff-core/src/arch/ppc/flow_analysis.rs
index 13f7273a..44b620f2 100644
--- a/objdiff-core/src/arch/ppc/flow_analysis.rs
+++ b/objdiff-core/src/arch/ppc/flow_analysis.rs
@@ -513,6 +513,8 @@ pub fn ppc_data_flow_analysis(
     )
 }
 
+// Note: This function only supports MWCC ASCII strings.
+// Other encodings and other compilers are currently not supported.
 fn get_string_data(obj: &Object, symbol_index: usize, offset: Simm) -> Option<&str> {
     if let Some(sym) = obj.symbols.get(symbol_index)
         && sym.name.starts_with("@stringBase")
diff --git a/objdiff-core/src/arch/ppc/mod.rs b/objdiff-core/src/arch/ppc/mod.rs
index b8a6bab1..0cefda20 100644
--- a/objdiff-core/src/arch/ppc/mod.rs
+++ b/objdiff-core/src/arch/ppc/mod.rs
@@ -359,9 +359,12 @@ impl Arch for ArchPpc {
 
     fn guess_data_type(&self, resolved: ResolvedInstructionRef, bytes: &[u8]) -> Option<DataType> {
         if resolved.relocation.is_some_and(|r| {
-            r.symbol.name.starts_with("@stringBase") || r.symbol.name.starts_with("$SG")
+            r.symbol.name.starts_with("@stringBase")
+                || r.symbol.name.starts_with("@wstringBase")
+                || r.symbol.name.starts_with("$SG")
+                || r.symbol.demangled_name == Some("`string'".to_string())
         }) {
-            // Pooled string.
+            // Compiler-generated symbol name for a string or a pool of strings.
             return Some(DataType::String);
         }
         let opcode = powerpc::Opcode::from(resolved.ins_ref.opcode);
diff --git a/objdiff-core/tests/arch_ppc.rs b/objdiff-core/tests/arch_ppc.rs
index 78aaaea9..57ae05e0 100644
--- a/objdiff-core/tests/arch_ppc.rs
+++ b/objdiff-core/tests/arch_ppc.rs
@@ -122,3 +122,90 @@ fn read_vmx128_coff() {
     let output = common::display_diff(&obj, &diff, symbol_idx, &diff_config);
     insta::assert_snapshot!(output);
 }
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(feature = "ppc")]
+fn decode_sjis_pooled_strings() {
+    // Test multiple pooled Shift JIS strings separated by a single null byte between entries. (MWCC)
+    let diff_config = diff::DiffObjConfig { combine_data_sections: true, ..Default::default() };
+    let obj = obj::read::parse(
+        include_object!("data/ppc/m_Do_hostIO.o"),
+        &diff_config,
+        diff::DiffSide::Base,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    common::assert_literal_value(
+        &obj,
+        &diff_config,
+        "createChild__16mDoHIO_subRoot_cFPCcP13JORReflexible",
+        15,
+        "Shift JIS",
+        "危険：既に登録されているホストIOをふたたび登録しようとしています<%s>\n",
+    );
+    common::assert_literal_value(
+        &obj,
+        &diff_config,
+        "createChild__16mDoHIO_subRoot_cFPCcP13JORReflexible",
+        42,
+        "Shift JIS",
+        "ホストIOの空きエントリがありません。登録できませんでした。\n",
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(feature = "ppc")]
+fn decode_utf16_unpooled_strings() {
+    // Test unpooled UTF-16BE wide strings with null bytes at the start, end, and in the middle of the string. (MSVC)
+    let diff_config = diff::DiffObjConfig { combine_data_sections: true, ..Default::default() };
+    let obj = obj::read::parse(
+        include_object!("data/ppc/KinectSharePanel.obj"),
+        &diff_config,
+        diff::DiffSide::Base,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    common::assert_literal_value(
+        &obj,
+        &diff_config,
+        "?OnPostLink@KinectSharePanel@@AAA?AVDataNode@@PAVDataArray@@@Z",
+        84,
+        "UTF-16BE",
+        "Title Text",
+    );
+    common::assert_literal_value(
+        &obj,
+        &diff_config,
+        "?OnPostLink@KinectSharePanel@@AAA?AVDataNode@@PAVDataArray@@@Z",
+        120,
+        "UTF-16BE",
+        "http://www.dancecentral.com/content-assets/2012/06/2012E3LogoBox_tn.jpg",
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(feature = "ppc")]
+fn decode_ascii_strings_with_null_padding() {
+    // Test unpooled ASCII strings with more than one null byte at the end.
+    let diff_config = diff::DiffObjConfig { combine_data_sections: true, ..Default::default() };
+    let obj = obj::read::parse(
+        include_object!("data/ppc/vmx128.obj"),
+        &diff_config,
+        diff::DiffSide::Base,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    common::assert_literal_value(
+        &obj,
+        &diff_config,
+        "?PrintVector@@YAXPBDU__vector4@@@Z",
+        24,
+        "ASCII",
+        "%s: [%.2f, %.2f, %.2f, %.2f]\n",
+    );
+    common::assert_literal_value(
+        &obj,
+        &diff_config,
+        "?ReservedRegisterExample@@YAXXZ",
+        59,
+        "ASCII",
+        "Result from vr66",
+    );
+}
diff --git a/objdiff-core/tests/common.rs b/objdiff-core/tests/common.rs
index 311c622c..330a5da2 100644
--- a/objdiff-core/tests/common.rs
+++ b/objdiff-core/tests/common.rs
@@ -50,3 +50,25 @@ macro_rules! include_object {
         include_bytes_align_as!(u64, $path)
     };
 }
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+pub fn assert_literal_value(
+    obj: &Object,
+    diff_config: &DiffObjConfig,
+    function_name: &str,
+    ins_row_idx: usize,
+    literal_label: &str,
+    literal_value: &str,
+) {
+    let symbol_idx = obj.symbols.iter().position(|s| s.name == function_name).unwrap();
+    let diff = objdiff_core::diff::code::no_diff_code(obj, symbol_idx, diff_config).unwrap();
+    let ins_ref = diff.instruction_rows[ins_row_idx].ins_ref.unwrap();
+    let resolved = obj.resolve_instruction_ref(symbol_idx, ins_ref).unwrap();
+    let literals = objdiff_core::diff::display::display_ins_data_literals(obj, resolved);
+    let target_literal = literals
+        .iter()
+        .find(|(_, label_override, _)| *label_override == Some(literal_label.to_string()));
+    assert_ne!(target_literal, None);
+    let (literal, _, _) = target_literal.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(literal, literal_value);
+}
diff --git a/objdiff-core/tests/data/ppc/KinectSharePanel.obj b/objdiff-core/tests/data/ppc/KinectSharePanel.obj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8571db7
Binary files /dev/null and b/objdiff-core/tests/data/ppc/KinectSharePanel.obj differ
diff --git a/objdiff-wasm/src/api.rs b/objdiff-wasm/src/api.rs
index 980273cc..ed1c686a 100644
--- a/objdiff-wasm/src/api.rs
+++ b/objdiff-wasm/src/api.rs
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ impl GuestDisplay for Component {
         let obj_diff = diff.get::<ResourceObjectDiff>();
         let obj = obj_diff.0.as_ref();
         let symbol_display = from_symbol_ref(symbol_ref);
-        diff::display::symbol_context(obj, symbol_display.symbol as usize)
+        diff::display::symbol_context(obj, symbol_display.symbol)
             .into_iter()
             .map(ContextItem::from)
             .collect()
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ impl GuestDisplay for Component {
         let addend = 0; // TODO
         let override_color = None; // TODO: colorize replaced/deleted/inserted relocations
         let symbol_display = from_symbol_ref(symbol_ref);
-        diff::display::symbol_hover(obj, symbol_display.symbol as usize, addend, override_color)
+        diff::display::symbol_hover(obj, symbol_display.symbol, addend, override_color)
             .into_iter()
             .map(HoverItem::from)
             .collect()