Asian symbols not showing up correctly

Hi everyone,
So I downloaded the original Cave Story without a translation, and when I went into DoConfig everything looked like this: http://imgur.com/5j8jF6J
So when I opened Doukutsu.exe all the text looked like that too.
Does anyone have a solution? I really want to play the original for some weird reason.

 

You need to change your system locale under the Region settings in Control Panel in order to play Cave Story in Japanese.

Spoiler

 

Thanks soooo much for this @TLincoln! I'l try this later, I'm on mobile right now.

 

Works great. Thanks!

Spoiler: Proof

 

Haha. I'm pretty sure the Polar Star is the "Pōrasutā," unless I'm mistaken.

That's literally what it says in the attachment. Why are you pointing it out?

 

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Dunno.
I love Japanese butchering of English words, it's so cute.

okay then... not very sure whether or not this is on topic.

 

I'm just going to close this thread, since it's been "resolved" (the japanese characters are showing up properly for you now).