Sorry to hear this is still giving you headaches. :(

Got the '86 Japanese LD yesterday, and it's the same awful transfer used for the Beta. (With subtitles added of course.) Interesting thing I didn't spot before is the image is slightly squeezed in the early reels, resulting in everyone looking taller and thinner than normal. Pity the whole movie was not squeezed.

It's also remarkably inconsistent in that some computer displays are squeezed enough to be readable and the "Officers In Service" display isn't, nor does it pan over to the right of the frame to show the numbers change.