SET NAMES utf8;

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS testjap;
CREATE TABLE testjap (machaine varchar(40)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8;

INSERT INTO testjap VALUES ('¨\something_after');
INSERT INTO testjap VALUES ('something_before¨\something_after ');
INSERT INTO testjap VALUES ('¨\\BackSlash_After');

SELECT machaine,hex(machaine) FROM testjap INTO OUTFILE 'jap.res';