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Originally Posted by Ramones1976
Um I hear english is still the only foreign language taught in public schools (despite the bigger Chinese, Korean and Portuguese speaking minority's living there), and it seems foreign languages are taught better than in u.s schools.
It also seems more young people in Japan now a days want to know the english language and travel to english speaking countries (esp u.s and uk from people I talk to), than previously.
I think the some reasons for that are because the u.s and uk are 1: using the language they want to learn, and many people who live there assume that everyone who enters their country should speak english 2: they're not poor 3: tourist sights and 4: the english language music, TV and other media.
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Japan officially considers English to be the world's language, and that is why it is compulsory in schools. English is the dominant language in many professions and sciences, and Japan sees learning English as a way to help Japanese participate in the first-world marketplace.
Many jobs in Japan require a certain level of English proficiency, mainly because the largest consumers of Japanese products are still Americans.