Hatsunia wrote:Ayytaly wrote:What the article fails to mention is that the US is esentially the sexiest country to go to if you're a foreign tech specialist, and has higher wages and demand compared to Japan. Not to mention that English is an L2 language in most countries such as India (former UK colony), whereas Japanese is hell to learn.
So what Japan should have done is made English a second official language, isn't that right?
Also cultural differences. The US is depicted as a "multicultural" nation, which gives off the impression that you - a foreigner - will be easily accepted into society. The perception of Japan being culturally conservative might be an exaggeration, but a lot of people take such view at face value. Same with China and Korea. Most of those misconceptions have actually originated from the Western world.