Japanese English literacy rate is like 20%, with mandatory education starting from 5th grade. Most Americans don’t know Japanese because 1: they don’t care, and 2: they don’t need to when all business is conducted in English anyways. All the Americans I know who wanted to learn all spoke it perfectly in 1-2 years.
Edit: just checked, Japan ranks 87th out of 113 in the english proficiency rankings, sitting between Malawi and Afghanistan.
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u/External_Chip_812 AMERICAN 🏈 💵🗽🍔 ⚾️ 🦅📈 2d ago edited 1d ago
Japanese English literacy rate is like 20%, with mandatory education starting from 5th grade. Most Americans don’t know Japanese because 1: they don’t care, and 2: they don’t need to when all business is conducted in English anyways. All the Americans I know who wanted to learn all spoke it perfectly in 1-2 years.
Edit: just checked, Japan ranks 87th out of 113 in the english proficiency rankings, sitting between Malawi and Afghanistan.