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If you can speak Japanese fluently and also can prove that you are fluent in another language, it will definitely improve your chances of moving further into the next step of the interview. These are all popular tests in Japan to show how proficient you are in English. Japanese companies and foreign companies in Japan usually ask candidates to submit their TOEIC score, TOEFL score, or Eiken certificate. In Japan, a lot of companies are in need of people who can speak foreign languages, especially English. However, when Japan started exporting goods overseas and started expanding its business globally, there was high growth in demand for someone who understands Japanese and another language. With an economy big enough with more than 100 million people living in Japan, it might not have been a big problem not speaking any foreign languages. For example, the percentage of people who can speak another language other than their native language is 98% in Luxembourg, 95% in Latvia, and 94% in the Netherlands.Ĭonsidering that Japan has had a long history of being a homogenous nation being separated from other countries by sea, it wasn’t really necessary for Japanese people to learn any other language than the Japanese language. Compared to that to a country in the EU, you can see how low the percentage of Japan is. However, in Japan, that number dwindles down to only 10%. In the entire world, it is said that about half of the population is bilingual. Particularly people who can speak Japanese and English fluently.

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