[noodle]

Of all the Japanese people I've helped here in Paris, only a handful speak good English. I don't know if this is because most of them have been concentrating on their French or if that's how it is in Japan. It's best to ask someone that lives in Japan and has more contact with the Japanese.

As for foreigners speaking Mandarin, I'd assume there aren't that many out there. But what's the difference between a Chinese person speaking Mandarin and English, or a foreigner speaking English and Mandarin?