I find different files in the MISC folder of US SHENMUE the japanese version (english voice), I find files like Cold.bin, ColdF.bin, ColdE.bin, ColdS.bin, ColdG.bin, it's maybe the modified Fonts for France , Spain, Germany and other country.(the files are bigger 2,4 mo)
Here the file
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There is the same files in PAL version of Shenmue 1.