There is now a working translation of the backstory in Japanese on the vo.wiki.

http://vo-wiki.com/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%81%AE%E8%A3%8F%E8%A9%B1

I did this with the help of Google translate, and while I am sure there is still a lot of polish needed, I fixed all the errors that were obvious to me. All 12 sections have been condensed into 4 pages. In cases where there was no direct translation available, I tried to stick as closely as possible to the original meaning in English.

There is still a lot of work to be done (proof reading by a more experienced reader, and subsequent revisions), but this is a start. The pages are not open to be edited by anyone other than an administrator.

I fail to understand why this would be relevant?
Is there some Japanese community that I am missing?

Oh and thank you phase for that video tutorial on you tube... it was very informative and helpful despite being too long and boring...

Is there some Japanese community that I am missing?

Yeah, west of Saipan, east of Hong Kong.

Joking aside, it's not really relevant at the moment. It's more something I started because I had the inclination and the time. I've spent some fifteen odd years living in Japan, speaking their language, eating their food etc. and it's always been a part of my life. My hope is that one day it might be useful to somebody. It was also useful to me as a mission designer, as part of the translator toolkit Google provides requires going through the document one sentence at a time. Therefore I got to spend some time poring over the backstory.

I'm glad you got something out of the video tutorial also.

Is there some Japanese community that I am missing?

If you build it, they will come.

If you build it, they will come.

My thoughts exactly. Thanks for doing this, Phaserlight.