Kakasi & Japanese MySQL FULLTEXT indexing

Hello, I want to use the MySQL FULLTEXT indexing capabilities with Japanese text. So I understand the first step is to slice Japanese text into words. Question for a Japanese expert: - is Kakasi the right tool to do this? (I understand it converts into hiragana/ katakana - but there are many homophones in Japanese?) - where can I find a list of Japanese stop words ( ??????)? - has anybody compiled a Windows binary? (Frank Kromann does not list it on his site) Thanks ??????????. Ignatius