Japan (11) - Write it Down

14 July 2010 -As an island nation with few natural resources, Japan's 130 million people are its greatest asset. I am sorry to fall for generalizations, but people seem hardworking, honest and incredibly polite. Every task is performed to their best ability, no matter how insignificant it may seem. I had already multiple experiences with people making their best efforts to help me, although they had zero English and I have zero Japanese. In the hotels people speak some English though, although the advice to write things down was a very good one. Most Japanese have studied some English at school, but the emphasis is on written rather than oral English. Many English teachers cannot speak English themselves ...