Popular label macro doesn't show labels in Japanese or Cyrillic characters when using SQL Server

Issue Summary

When using popular labels macro in Confluence that is setup with SQL Server, the labels are rendered inside "Popular Labels macro" as question marks, see screenshots 
Also with Greek fonts and MySQL

Steps to Reproduce

1. Edit a page >> insert Popular Labels macro >> Update
2. View the page now, all labels that have Japanese or Cyrillic characters are rendered as question marks (?????)

DB setup with "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS" collation

Expected Results

Labels with Japanese or Cyrillic characters should be rendered correctly

Actual Results

Labels with Japanese or Cyrillic characters are not rendered correctly in Popular Labels macro 

Workaround

Currently there is no known workaround for this behavior. A workaround will be added here when available