[shoelessone]

Possibly unrelated but similar idea at least: in Japan a lot of the Japanese TV shows I watch don't have English subtitles available, but in the US the same shows on Netflix do have English subtitles. I don't fully understand the reasoning for this on Netflix's side.

[charcircuit]

They may not have the license for English subtitles in Japan similar to how outside of Japan you can't get Japanese subtitles on Japanese TV shows because of licensing.

[Tomis02]

I heard the "no license" theory before but I find it hard to believe because Netflix originals suffer from the same problem.