Mr.Mikirani the founder of Rakuten – Japan’s largest online marketplace started conduct all of its business, from official meetings to internal emails, in English five years ago.
"The only way to compete in this interconnected Internet age is to speak the language of the market – and that language is English. Though the number of native English speakers is dwarfed by the number of, say, native Chinese speakers, English is the language of global business."
How "Englishization" Changed Rakuten's Business
I'm not concerned with business but "Englishization" must be needed to compete in the globalization.
Not only Japanese companies but also young people in the future are now on the edge to shift to work in the world.
Anyway English by Mr.Mikitani's is very easy to read. So you can learn how to express Japanese English. It's okay for Englishization.
English need to Japan in the future.
返信削除To know English world is very important for Japanese people.
Though English, we can learn a lot of culture, education and custom.
I'd like to learn gentleman mind from English.
We can stand world wide status to use English and find out our own culture is so valuable worth to share the world.
削除I will praise the advanced attempt of Mikitani president of Rakuten.
返信削除And I am surprised that he achieved Englishization of all business of his company during five-year.
I also think that Japan need "Englishization" in wide fields to play an active role in the world.
In that sense, although it is rudimentary, I think it's meaningful that we learn English by your lecture or blog.
We should be proud of our Japanese culture and virtue, and then spread the world via English by ourselves to survive.
削除I was watching "Basic English of the business" of NHK.
返信削除Businesswoman which had appeared on the program said, speak your idea not be afraid to make a mistake of grammar.
If so, other party will surely understand.
At the opportunity to speak English in my life, there is not it.
Will a partner really understand my English?
This is my anxiety.
By the way,
Rain is the weather likely to have fallen.
Rainy it does not want because there is a tennis today.
In any case we need to have self confidence to speak out whether in Japanese or English.
削除We are not accustomed to how to communicate logically because our daily life is easy and monotone without thinking differences. But we will learn a lot of experiences or thoughts from different culture and languages.