Looking at the link provided by Ms ZZR that looks pretty much the same as the one posted as the US bike to me.
Note that the link defaults to a Ninja but find the ZZR and it looks pretty much the same as the US one to me.
Looks marginally sportier I think seems to be about the main change. Fairing design at the nose is sharper, 2 piece seat now and fairing is attached in 3 pieces but differently it appears, apart from that probably still the same beat it was in 96.
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