International Suffering When large organizations issue certificates that are partly in Japanese and partly in English or your country's native tongue, those documents are called international certificates. They are significantly different from certificates that I have seen that were issued directly in Japan to the Japanese. Essentially they are a product designed specifically for consumption in the Western countries - not Japan. Japanese certificates do not contain any English in them, they are horizontally arranged, and are filled out by hand, not by typewriter. Getting information from various organizations in the form of official statements of policy is like trying to pull teeth from a tiger.
None seem willing to answer any questions about their internal administration policies.
However, during an interaction on the ISKF discussion forum, Denise Orlando, a self-described volunteer admin for the ISKF's corporate headquarters in the US stated emphatically that she personally types out the kyu certificates there in her office. After reading several shocked responses to her statement, she appeared to panic, and she refused to give any further information in the forum. She offered to give information in email, however, when emailed with questions, she further refused comment, claiming that she had been told to stop releasing information to the public about ISKF practices with certificates. Apparently many people are under the impression that their ranks always come from Japan, not from within their home country. It really should not matter to you where your rank comes from.