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Who Needs English Anyway?
This Misconception Could Change Your Future
True, most daily life can be managed with Japanese alone.
But do you realize how much this mindset might be limiting your life choices and reducing your lifetime earnings?
For instance, at a government-sponsored symposium, an executive from a foreign company told me something striking:
“The low English proficiency of Japanese people is directly impacting their lifetime earnings.”
This is a shocking observation. With English skills, promotion opportunities expand and success in international markets becomes possible.
The reality is that there’s now an income gap of tens of millions of yen between those who can weaponize English and those who cannot.
