Installing Office on Japanese Mac

Hi everyone - I'm living in Japan and want to buy a new Mac and an English version of Office. I've heard that there are some problems or difficulties in installing and using English Office on a Mac bought in Japan. Does anyone have any experience with this?
Thanks!

OS X is the same no matter where it is sold, and you can change the language to English in a few seconds via system preferences. I've not heard of the difficulties you refer to. Where did you hear them exactly?
There is a forum for Office problems is here:
http://www.officeformac.com/ProductForums/

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