I have forwarded your email to Richard and Jennifer who form all policy. I believe the difference is because here at the home office we can not read Japanese and because of this go through the company ●×△■. We had reservations with the contract they drew up but we signed with them anyways. We are now renegotiating with ●×△■ because we also agree that it shouldn't be different. If anyone in Japan wants to be a Practitioner or Instructor and can write to us in English and send in the requirements in English we are happy to use the policy on our website to certify them and they can bypass ●×△■ altogether. So, we are in the process of renegotiating.