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May 07, 2013
Aspiring bureaucrats will in the future be required to prove their proficiency in English before being considered for a ministry job.
June 30, 2012
For the 8,000 employees of Rakuten Inc. group, one of the world's top 10 online retailers, the coming week may fill many with dread. Then again, not.
March 25, 2012
I believe so many people in Japan and around the world are eagerly learning English because of their desire to engage with each other in everyday communication. However, the...
March 25, 2012
In the summer of 2010, the Office of Global Communications was created within the prime minister's office to disseminate information primarily in English.
March 25, 2012
In December, the Eighth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), a United Nations-affiliated institution with 153 member countries, was held in Geneva,...
March 25, 2012
For the French, who pride themselves on being citizens of a cultural superpower, the current global dominance of the English language is somewhat upsetting.
March 25, 2012
Although the temperature outside is only 3 degrees, more than 100 students are burning with enthusiasm in a large classroom at YBM, South Korea's top language school in central ...
March 25, 2012
In the new city center of Marina Bay in Singapore, a hanging garden shaped like a spaceship acts as a beacon of light amid the darkness of night.
November 25, 2011
English is an indispensable business tool for Japanese, who must compete globally as the domestic markets shrink. This especially applies to young people.
September 24, 2011
A rare species of warbler has returned to Nishijima island in the Ogasawara island chain, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo, after...
September 24, 2011
At first glance, the three-story house near Tokyo's Nakano Station looks like an ordinary dwelling.
September 22, 2011
It's eight in the morning in a Tokyo office building, and a dozen middle-aged Japanese businessmen sit inside small booths, sweating as they try to talk English to the...
August 31, 2011
The working hours of office staff of Fast Retailing Co., operator of the Uniqlo clothing chain, will be moved forward by two hours.
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