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Re: Japanese Windows usage hint for non-Japanese

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> On 5/2/2006, Mark Crispin wrote:
>> I just discovered something about Japanese Windows that may be useful to
>> pass on to other non-Japanese who use Japanese software on Windows.
>> 
>> Even though my laptop (a Victor MP-XP741) is a proper Japanese PC with
>> Japanese Windows as the OS, I had problems with some Japanese software
>> displaying characters correctly.  Most software had no problem.
>> 
>> However, some texts of Norton Anti-Virus, 携快電話, and WinDVD
>> would display as a string of "?" or other incorrect characters. 



         Did he visit Japan often?

             Did he study Japanese?


https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bishoujo


1989 September 23, Mark Crispin, “bringing stuff into the US from Japan”, in soc.culture.japan (Usenet):

                If you are into bishojo, loli-con, or bishonen materials, be advised that customs *does* frown on what might be considered pornography.

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