Japanese Input (Kotoeri)

Hello,
I'm using the Japanese input (Kotoeri) on MacOSX configured with French as main language. My keyboard is a Japanese keyboard.
It just so happens that regularly (once a month), the keyboard mapping stubbornly switches to AZERTY in Romaji mode.
If I check the Preferences, the Layout for the Romaji Mode is correctly set to "US". If I unset and reset to "US", it works for some seconds then switches back to AZERTY (which is the "stubborn" part)
If I delete the preference file ("~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.inputmethod.Kotoeri.plist") and logout, the issue get fixed, but would eventually come back after a month or so.
This is happenning now for some time and it's breaking my nerves, so if somebody has an idea. The broken and valid configuration files can be found at on this link: https://files.me.com/trouve.antoine/2rfqct
Thank you.
Message was edited by: yopmaster

If you know Japanese well, you might also ask on the Japanese forum:
http://discussionsjapan.apple.com

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Ok So I asked on the Japanese Fourms and this is the answer I got back. To be honest I had tried this on my work computer before and it did not work but it is working on my home computer so maybe this will help you.
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