Location: Ginza
Have you noticed that there are number of foreigners acting in the drama which I mentioned in the last post? In fact, there are quite a number of foreigners living in Tokyo. Hong Kong used to be a multi-culture society with mixed culture. On the contrary, Japan used to be a country isolated from the rest of the world for most of her history. It mainly because she is an island where is difficult to access. However, Japan is now moving towards becoming a multi-cultural society with the increasing number of foreign residents, especially at the time Japan is facing the problem of aging and low-birth rate.
You may have an impression that there is a lack of English information in Japan. However, it has been changed in these few years. Obviously English is becoming the language of globalization. Many Japanese companies are going to change their official language to English. For instance, Rakuten (the biggest online shopping website in Japan) and Uniqlo (the sixth largest fashion retailer in the world) are attempting to make English their official language, even in their domestic offices. Hong Kong used to be a bilingual society, we used both languages at work, although Cantonese is still dominant. I wonder if Japan should adopt the bilingual apporach, instead of a dramatic change from Japanese to English.
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