They are 'Word' files/documents. I simply clicked on the links and they opened in Word. I'm not a real technical person when it comes to 'puters, so if sounds like a silly answer, sorry ...
'Splains everything....duh! I don't have MS Word, and neither Wordpad nor MS Works Word Processor will open 'em. Word Perfect Viewer may have but I didn't try it. I had Word Viewer on my old machine, but I haven't needed to view a "Word" document in the year and a half(give or take) that I've had this machine. I installed Word 97/2000 Viewer (Word 2000) (Windows 95/98/NT) and of course was able to open 'em...
I see why he did what he did now, and I suppose MS Word is about as good a way as any of getting it done. For those without MS Word that are interested in viewing the docs on Yoshida's(?) site, click on the link above for the viewer.
FGS