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For my own use when editing:

Country: Guidelines RSG §7.1.1: "Country" refers to the country of origin (the market) of the release and RSG §7.1.2 The country is NOT where the release was manufactured.

Useful Unicode symbols:
https://unicode-table.com or
https://copypastecharacter.com/all-characters
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̶̲̅A̶̲̅ᴀ̶̲̅ Underline text, strikethrough and overline:
https://fsymbols.com/generators/lines/

Other (Price including tax): 税込定価 ¥x,xxx
Other (Price excluding tax): 税抜価格 ¥x,xxx
Other (Price including tax): (再) ¥x,xxx(税込)
Other (List price + tax): 定価 ¥x,xxx+税
Other (Release date (first territory release date)): 93•12•21 (93•12)
Other (Price freeze until/regular price expire date): (再)95.12.20まで
Base price: 本体
Tax rate: 税率
㊊
再
円
まで

The "再95.12.20まで" on the obi (and on the last line at the bottom of the back cover) is not the release date, Itmeans that the regular price is frozen until this date. Which then means that the stores in Japan can't lower the price before that date. It is very common in Japan that the item's price is frozen for a specific time period (6 months, 1 or 2 years is normal options).

It you look at the other date on the back of the cover: [93.11.21 (93.11.21)] this is the release date. The first date is the release date for this specific edition in Japan while the release date in brackets are the first territory release date for the album. In this case this album was first released in Japan on Nov. 21, 1993 and has a price freeze for 2 years.

Japanese letters (copy/paste):
https://www.symbolcopy.com/japanese-symbols.html

Japanese matrix symbols:
〄 ✣

ⓎⓍ
Ⓨ = foreign (western) master
Ⓛ = domestic (Japanese) master

Ⓧ = rentals/lending prohibited
Ｘ～y·m·d = rentals/lending prohibited until this date

Kupiku, 10 things to know about Japan CD's:
https://www.kupiku.com/blog/kupiku/japanese-cds-10-things-to-know/
https://blog.kupiku.com/2017/05/01/japanese-cds-10-things-to-know-2/

Some useful japenese sentences:

サンプル = Sample

見本品 000000 (非売品) = Loan numbers on stickers on sample CD's.

発売元： = Publisher / Selling Agency (also used for Manufactured by).

販売元：ワーナー・パイオニア株式会社 = Distributor: Warner Pioneer Corporation

OOO "АРК-систем" лицензия МПТР России ВАФ № 77-4

3АO «Инновационные технологии» Лицензия Серия ВАФ № 77-231

Sony codes:
https://www.discogs.com/help/forums/topic/202443#2532815

Price codes:
https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/706164
Examples are:
France: WE 351
Germany: Ⓤ

"Lacquer Cut By"-credits
https://www.discogs.com/group/thread/809350
How to list them:
https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/810326

CD-pressing plants identification, see this user's profile:
https://www.discogs.com/user/100x

How to grade items:
https://support.discogs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001566193-How-To-Grade-Items