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In a 2019 survey, Japan dropped to 53rd in global <\/span>English proficiency<\/b>, <\/span>squarely<\/b> in the \u201clow proficiency\u201d band. <\/span><\/p>\nJapan ranks near the bottom of Asian and developed countries alike despite <\/span>constant reshuffling and refinement<\/b> of the English educational curriculum in schools and <\/span>the frequent assertions,<\/b> acknowledged by Japan\u2019s Ministry of Education, that English-language skills are needed to compete in the modern economy.<\/span><\/p>\n2019\u5e74\u306e\u8abf\u67fb\u3067\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u306f\u4e16\u754c\u306e<\/span>\u82f1\u8a9e\u80fd\u529b<\/b>\u30e9\u30f3\u30ad\u30f3\u30b0\u306753\u4f4d\u306b\u8ee2\u843d\u3057\u3001\u300c\u4f4e\u7fd2\u719f\u5ea6\u300d\u5e2f\u306b<\/span>\u771f\u3063\u5411\u304b\u3089<\/b>\u98df\u3044\u8fbc\u3093\u3067\u3057\u307e\u3063\u305f\u3002<\/span><\/p>\n\u5b66\u6821\u3067\u306e\u82f1\u8a9e\u6559\u80b2\u30ab\u30ea\u30ad\u30e5\u30e9\u30e0\u304c<\/span>\u5e38\u306b\u898b\u76f4\u3055\u308c\u3001\u6539\u826f\u3055\u308c<\/b>\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u6587\u90e8\u79d1\u5b66\u7701\u3082\u8a8d\u3081\u308b\u3088\u3046\u306b\u3001\u73fe\u4ee3\u7d4c\u6e08\u3067\u7af6\u4e89\u3059\u308b\u305f\u3081\u306b\u306f\u82f1\u8a9e\u529b\u304c\u5fc5\u8981\u3060\u3068<\/span>\u983b\u7e41\u306b\u4e3b\u5f35<\/b>\u3057\u3066\u3044\u308b\u306b\u3082\u304b\u304b\u308f\u3089\u305a\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u306f\u30a2\u30b8\u30a2\u8af8\u56fd\u3084\u5148\u9032\u56fd\u306e\u4e2d\u3067\u6700\u4e0b\u4f4d\u306b\u8fd1\u3044\u9806\u4f4d\u306b\u3042\u308b\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
The failure to adopt English is particularly unexpected given that the English language\u2014and <\/span>the whiteness associated with it<\/b>\u2014<\/span>signifies privilege <\/b>in Japan. Countless advertisements <\/span>flaunt <\/b>white foreigners on TV and use English aptitude as the basis for selling products. <\/span><\/p>\nTop companies such as Rakuten, an e-commerce website and the Japanese competitor to Amazon, <\/span>place immense weight <\/b>on English proficiency, whether or not English is needed for an employee\u2019s role. <\/span><\/p>\nEikaiwa (English conversation) programs run daily on TV, and accounts featuring videos of Japanese American children speaking English <\/span>cultivate<\/b> tens of thousands of Instagram followers.<\/span><\/p>\n\u200b\u200b\u65e5\u672c\u3067\u306f\u82f1\u8a9e\u3068\u305d\u306e<\/span>\u7d14\u7c8b\u306a\u5fc5\u8981\u6027<\/b>\u304c<\/span>\u5927\u304d\u306a\u610f\u5473\u3092\u6301\u3064<\/b>\u3053\u3068\u3092\u8003\u3048\u308b\u3068\u3001\u82f1\u8a9e\u3092\u3082\u3063\u3068\u7a4d\u6975\u7684\u306b\u5b66\u7fd2\u3057\u306a\u3044\u3053\u3068\u306f\u7279\u306b\u4e88\u60f3\u5916\u3067\u3042\u308b\u3002\u30c6\u30ec\u30d3\u3067\u306f\u7121\u6570\u306e\u5e83\u544a\u304c\u767d\u4eba\u306e\u5916\u56fd\u4eba\u3092<\/span>\u8a87\u793a\u3057<\/b>\u3001\u82f1\u8a9e\u306e\u9069\u6027\u3092\u5546\u54c1\u8ca9\u58f2\u306e\u57fa\u6e96\u3068\u3057\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3002<\/span><\/p>\n\u30a2\u30de\u30be\u30f3\u3068\u7af6\u5408\u3059\u308b\u96fb\u5b50\u5546\u53d6\u5f15\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u306e\u697d\u5929\u306e\u3088\u3046\u306a\u30c8\u30c3\u30d7\u4f01\u696d\u306f\u3001\u82f1\u8a9e\u304c\u8077\u52d9\u4e0a\u5fc5\u8981\u3067\u3042\u308b\u304b\u3069\u3046\u304b\u306b\u304b\u304b\u308f\u3089\u305a\u3001\u82f1\u8a9e\u80fd\u529b\u3092<\/span>\u975e\u5e38\u306b\u91cd\u8981\u8996<\/b>\u3057\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3002<\/span><\/p>\n\u30c6\u30ec\u30d3\u3067\u306f\u9023\u65e5\u82f1\u4f1a\u8a71\u756a\u7d44\u304c\u653e\u9001\u3055\u308c\u3001\u30a4\u30f3\u30b9\u30bf\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0\u3067\u306f\u65e5\u7cfb\u30a2\u30e1\u30ea\u30ab\u4eba\u306e\u5b50\u4f9b\u305f\u3061\u304c\u82f1\u8a9e\u3092\u8a71\u3059\u52d5\u753b\u304c\u6570\u4e07\u4eba\u306e\u30d5\u30a9\u30ed\u30ef\u30fc<\/span>\u306b\u652f\u6301\u3055\u308c\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3002<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Yet the spread of English has left behind <\/span>a \u201ctrail of dead\u201d:<\/b> mangled<\/b> languages, literatures, and identities. As countries around the world <\/span>scramble for<\/b> widespread English, there\u2019s a fear of losing their own traditions, cultures, and even names.<\/span><\/p>\n\u3057\u304b\u3057\u3001\u82f1\u8a9e\u306e\u666e\u53ca\u306f\u3001\u8a00\u8a9e\u3001\u6587\u5b66\u3001\u30a2\u30a4\u30c7\u30f3\u30c6\u30a3\u30c6\u30a3\u306e<\/span>\u6df7\u4e71<\/b>\u3068\u3044\u3046<\/span>\u300c\u6b7b\u8005\u306e\u9053\u300d<\/b>\u3092\u6b8b\u3057\u305f\u3002\u4e16\u754c\u306e\u56fd\u3005\u304c\u82f1\u8a9e\u306e\u666e\u53ca\u306b<\/span>\u8e8d\u8d77\u306b\u306a\u308b<\/b>\u306b\u3064\u308c\u3001\u81ea\u56fd\u306e\u4f1d\u7d71\u3084\u6587\u5316\u3001\u305d\u3057\u3066\u540d\u524d\u307e\u3067\u3082\u304c\u5931\u308f\u308c\u308b\u6050\u308c\u304c\u51fa\u3066\u304d\u305f\u306e\u3060\u3002<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
English became a tool of the Japanese elite throughout Meiji era Japan\u2019s <\/span>relentless race<\/b> to catch up technologically with the West. And while Japan was never a colony of a Western country, the U.S. occupation after World War II lasted for seven years\u2014enough time for the U.S. military to <\/span>implement<\/b> widespread political and economic changes throughout the country. <\/span><\/p>\nIn the Cold War, Japan came under the U.S. nuclear umbrella of protection from the Soviet Union, further <\/span>cementing<\/b> America\u2019s image as a symbolic protector.<\/span><\/p>\n\u660e\u6cbb\u6642\u4ee3\u3001\u6b27\u7c73\u306b<\/span>\u5fc5\u6b7b\u306b<\/b>\u6280\u8853\u3067\u8ffd\u3044\u3064\u3053\u3046\u3068\u3057\u305f\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u30a8\u30ea\u30fc\u30c8\u306f\u3001\u82f1\u8a9e\u3092\u9053\u5177\u3068\u3057\u3066\u4f7f\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3002\u65e5\u672c\u306f\u6b27\u7c73\u8af8\u56fd\u306e\u690d\u6c11\u5730\u3067\u306f\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u304c\u3001\u7b2c\u4e8c\u6b21\u4e16\u754c\u5927\u6226\u5f8c\u306e\u30a2\u30e1\u30ea\u30ab\u306b\u3088\u308b\u5360\u9818\u306f7\u5e74\u9593\u7d9a\u304d\u3001\u7c73\u8ecd\u306f\u65e5\u672c\u5168\u56fd\u3067\u653f\u6cbb\u7684\u3001\u7d4c\u6e08\u7684\u306a\u6539\u9769\u3092<\/span>\u5b9f\u65bd\u3059\u308b<\/b>\u306e\u306b\u5341\u5206\u306a\u671f\u9593\u3067\u3042\u3063\u305f\u3002<\/span><\/p>\n\u51b7\u6226\u6642\u4ee3\u306b\u306f\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u306f\u30bd\u9023\u304b\u3089\u5b88\u308b\u305f\u3081\u306b\u30a2\u30e1\u30ea\u30ab\u306e\u6838\u306e\u5098\u306e\u4e0b\u306b\u7f6e\u304b\u308c\u3001\u30a2\u30e1\u30ea\u30ab\u306f\u8c61\u5fb4\u7684\u306a\u4fdd\u8b77\u8005\u3068\u3057\u3066\u306e\u30a4\u30e1\u30fc\u30b8\u3092\u3055\u3089\u306b<\/span>\u5f37\u56fa\u306b\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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