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Originally Posted by tokusatsufan
Yeah,that doesn't help our image over there.
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It's not something that I consider that bad myself. Having grown up in Australia, which is one of the most multicultural countries anywhere (1 in 4 people living in Australia were born overseas), it's not unusual at all to have communities where many of the older people don't speak english much at all. Their children though do speak english and then the next generation speaks english with an Australian accent barely distinguashable from Aussies who've been there for many generations.
I actually believe Niseko is a great example of how people from many different countries can come to live in Japan in a very harmonious way, even if they can't speak the language fluently. Niseko is definitely going to produce a large number of bilingual children (it already has actually) as there's been quite a baby boom there in recent years. I'll be interested to see what these kids go on to do.