Yeah, at least where I was in America, I was introduced to Spanish in like 2nd grade. So I was around 7 years old, and we'd have a teacher come in and have Spanish lessons taught to us at a conversational level. I think that's a fairly young age, and more so than other countries may think of us.
But back to Japanese speaking English, already from what I've experienced this is true (although I don't want anyone to think I'm some guru when I'm not.) The only English I was able to convey all day yesterday was "ATM" and "okay." The rest of it was 100% Japanese on their part and about 3/4 English and 1/4 gibberish on my part
