The Japan Times
Japan and the United States have agreed to help increase the number of licensed Japanese language teachers and roll out various measures to step up education cooperation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/15/japan/japan-us-education-cooperation/?utm_content=buffer6c307&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #usjapanrelations #us #education #languageteachers #schools
Japan and U.S. craft measures to step up cooperation in education

The measures include those aimed at promoting exchange programs and developing people in Japan to work in the technology industry.

The Japan Times
Dec 15, 2023 at 8:13amBuffer
Show threadCerebralHawksDec 15, 2023

@thejapantimes Japanese is supposed to be the hardest language for English-native speakers to learn (and vice-versa). Imagine if young people could overcome that, they'd probably find learning other things a little easier.

Going to anime conventions, I see a Japanese learning institution (I don't recall which one) reaching out to those who wish to learn. A lot of people in the anime community value watching in the original Japanese, so if they can learn it, that's good.