Japanese USBthin keyboard under Vista64

Hi,
I have a 2007 MP with the thin USB keyboard. I am trying to follow the article http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2587 to configure a localised keyboard layout. However, when loading the existing keyboard drivers, there is no "Japanese (Apple)" in the list. I get other languages whith the "(Apple)" moniker which should tell me that the Apple Keyboard Driver was installed correctly. I am using latest Boot Camp drivers which updated my original 2.0.1 drivers. Since the Japanese keyboard incorporates a few more keys as other layouts, I can't use the default keyboard options, the MS Keyboard Layout Creator provides, in order to manually create my own set.
Any help would be welcome.
Sincerely,
M

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