At the beginning of the year, I wrote an article about proper formatting for English texts in collaboration with the Society for Writers, Editors, and Translators (SWET). The article covers text alignment, loss of italics, single-byte punctuation, and other bugbears that tend to pop up in Japan. The article is available in English and Japanese.
Six Simple Rules for No-Fail Texts and Signage
https://swet.jp/columns/article/six_simple_rules_for_no_fail_texts_and_signage/_C35