I’ve lived in Japan continuously since 2004, and would agree with somewhere between 80 and 90% or this. (Point of differance: I’d be surprised to meet a non-Japanese professional in any setting other than the technology industry or a foreign corporation.)https://twitter.com/noahpinion/status/979563538485100545 …
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As you probably know if you follow me: foreigner, particularly Westerners, who speak any useful level of Japanese continue to be so rare that I am pleasantly surprised if anyone is not pleasantly surprised that I am conversant or literate.
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This includes situations where background for the situation should be overwhelmingly in favor of me being literate, such as “I am here to open an account at the bank so I can repay the materially sized mortgage that you have exhaustively underwritten me for.”
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These days that’s definitely an unsurprising encounter in Osaka/Kobe and Fukuoka as well
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