Index: src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/NameRecord.java
===================================================================
--- src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/NameRecord.java	(revision 592521)
+++ src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/NameRecord.java	(working copy)
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@
                 field_12_builtIn_name = in.readByte();
         } else {                
           if (field_11_compressed_unicode_flag == 1) {
-            field_12_name_text = in.readCompressedUnicode(field_3_length_name_text);
+            field_12_name_text = in.readUnicodeLEString(field_3_length_name_text);
           } else {
             field_12_name_text = in.readCompressedUnicode(field_3_length_name_text);
           }
Index: src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/TestNameRecord.java
===================================================================
--- src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/TestNameRecord.java	(revision 592521)
+++ src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/TestNameRecord.java	(working copy)
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
  * Tests the NameRecord serializes/deserializes correctly
  *
  * @author Danny Mui (dmui at apache dot org)
+ * @author Yasuo Nakanishi
  */
 public class TestNameRecord
         extends TestCase
@@ -62,6 +63,37 @@
 
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Makes sure that additional name information is parsed properly such as menu/description
+     */
+    public void testUnicodeNameRecord()
+    {
+
+    	// using unicode name from examples[11]. String length is 3(6 bytes)
+        byte[] examples = {
+                (byte) 0x88, (byte) 0x03, (byte) 0x67, (byte) 0x03,
+                (byte) 0x07, (byte) 0x00, (byte) 0x00, (byte) 0x00,
+                (byte) 0x00, (byte) 0x00, (byte) 0x00, (byte) 0x23,
+                (byte) 0x00, (byte) 0x00, (byte) 0x01, (byte) 0xE5,
+                (byte) 0x65, (byte) 0x2C, (byte) 0x67, (byte) 0x9E,
+                (byte) 0x8A, (byte) 0x3A, (byte) 0x01, (byte) 0x00,
+                (byte) 0x00, (byte) 0x00, (byte) 0x11, (byte) 0x00,
+                (byte) 0x00, (byte) 0x4D, (byte) 0x61, (byte) 0x63,
+                (byte) 0x72, (byte) 0x6F, (byte) 0x20, (byte) 0x72,
+                (byte) 0x65, (byte) 0x63, (byte) 0x6F, (byte) 0x72,
+                (byte) 0x64, (byte) 0x65, (byte) 0x64, (byte) 0x20,
+                (byte) 0x32, (byte) 0x37, (byte) 0x2D, (byte) 0x53,
+                (byte) 0x65, (byte) 0x70, (byte) 0x2D, (byte) 0x39,
+                (byte) 0x33, (byte) 0x20, (byte) 0x62, (byte) 0x79,
+                (byte) 0x20, (byte) 0x41, (byte) 0x4C, (byte) 0x4C,
+                (byte) 0x57, (byte) 0x4F, (byte) 0x52
+            };
+
+        NameRecord name = new NameRecord(new TestcaseRecordInputStream(NameRecord.sid, (short) examples.length, examples));
+        String result = name.getNameText();
+        assertNotNull( result );
+        assertTrue( "text contains jp name", result.indexOf("\u65E5\u672C\u8A9E") != -1 );
+    }
 }