English speakers in Japan?
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Is it true that most Japanese citizens know English? I heard that English is learned through school and that the majority of Japanese citizens know English fluently. Is this true?
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Unfortunately, most Japanese citizens are not fluent English speakers. Everybody studies in English in school, but somehow English education in Japan has not been very successful. Ministry of Education in Japan has been of course aware of that fact, and we actually begin to see improvements in their English education policy and methodology. Hopefully things will work out well and we will see more fluent English speakers in Japan soon!
