Import Metadata returns errors Error 000622: The specified parameters are invalid. and Error 000840: The value is not <value> in the Japanese and German International language versions of ArcGIS Desktop, when the Desktop Administrator > Advanced is set to the language for that version.
This is marked as a duplicate of CR175424, which is described as:As a part of the registry free COM implementation, the runtime requires the ArcGIS.Installation.xml file to be placed under ArcGIS/Server/bin directory.Fail to see how this has any effect on metadata import for Japanese or German International Language versions fo ArcGIS Desktop. Margaret Maher 11-3-2011.