It's true. For some reason we think that people outside of the US cares or even knows different cities and states. LOL.

it's because America is different worlds haha. ONE state in in the USA (California) is larger than all of Japan, and even then, most people say NorCal or SoCal because the divide is so massive. So If someone said "America" it wouldn't fit because someone from Texas is entirely different than someone from New York culturally

So it's okay for me to say, I am from Nizhny Novgorod in Nizhegorodskaya oblast? Because the state is twice as big as Germany and the city is the 5th biggest city in Russia?

And Australia is pretty big too or Kanada or Brasil

Yes, yes you can lmao. I live in Japan and plenty of people say they're from Sydney Australia, or Sao Paulo. Like you're not proving a point. American's speak to each other like that when someone asks where they're from, and there's nothing wrong with that habit. Who knows maybe someone knows where you're from? From my experience, every time I say I'm from America, if I bring up I'm from California everyone's fascinated if I came from Los Angeles or San Francisco. It's just all in good fun.

You may consider getting your English a job

That's good

Derpie Poo's Home Studio lmao!!!!!!/!$/.&/&

there is an application is call duolingo to learn language

Nice name

I think most people realize this as well but this channel promotes tourism so it obviously has a bias. But yes most of them will do there best to help if possible.

Basic English is enough.

I been Japan and yes most people dont speak English but I got by with broken English

@@tylerdaniels9000 bruh

カメン I completely agree that.

Youre wrong, they are good at writing english

You guys should play more western video games or watch more youtube in English. For me, those are the fastest ways to learn English from beginning .

Tan It's so ペインフル

@@tansult8176 true i play english games and wtach english video at youtube and im chinese

Thank you for your input! And yes, Japanese people ALWAYS try to help out lost foreigners ❤️ it makes me feel so safe in Japan!

Yes absolutely! It's also part of the reason why I really want to return to Japan. ☺️

Its the same in Mexico, we don't even can speak english but we always try to help people from United States, UK Australia etc.

@@ThisIsIvyChu This is really weird to me because when I was in Tokyo, most people just ignored me and my friends when trying to ask for directions.

Me too

Same

I'm Japanese. Would you like me to be your friend?

@@user-mw7lw8eq2d Does that include me.

Nice I'd like to go to japan too but It would be better if you have a japanese friend with you

China speaks the least English. 😆

Sounds like an area that many foreigners visit then.

That's not the case of the Japan's countryside. Japan's countryside has overwhelmingly larger areas than all areas in Japan where English translations are existent.

S. S. Because learning an entirely nee language for a one-time visit to a country is ridiculous. You should know the basics like how to ask for directions, but the basics don’t get you very far. And especially in the case of English which is spoken around the world. It’s much more reasonable for an English speaker to speak English in Japan than a Russian to speak Russian in Mexico, for example.

It's not completely necessary to learn a whole new language especially if these tourists are vacationing for a week or two although it would help if they knew basic Japanese.

@@captainimperialism4568 it's like it's not necessary for non-english speaking citizens to learn and speak english when they travel to english-speaking countries in the very short time, especially if you are tourist or one day visitor. English doesn't speak it Worldwide coz more people Worldwide cannot understand english than the total population if the World who can understand english, like all of us here. You think is superior language.

Would you learn every language of the country you visit? Dumb.

Your perception is bias because Japanese people that travel are people interested in other countries and cultures, so they would be more likely to learn english in order to make them travel ecperience easier.

@@romangonzalezadrianmaurici6302 I also happen to be Japanese American(Ainu), so I have family in Japan. I speak almost exclusively in Japanese with them, because I don’t want to lose my language, but I’ve not had an issue with English with any of my Japanese friends and family, including those who have never even left Japan. My experiences are my own “bottle”, if you will, but it’s also the only experiences I have to go on. It’s not bias, it’s simply that I can only go by my own experiences.

Lol

Why in fact

It's the 21st century, in most developed countries you'll have a significant amount of the population able to speak at least a basic level of English, if you go to somewhere like the Netherlands for example then it's basically taken for granted that everyone speaks English, there's nothing wrong with most Japanese people having poor English, they don't need it for the most part after all. But to say it's unexpected isn't true, it should be expected that a country as affluent, well educated and modern as Japan speaks the global language.

Because English is the de facto lingua franca

@@shadeerahmed4685 English is the lingua franca only in the countries where english is an official language. There is no such thing as "global language" coz no language in the World has the total number of speakers of all levels of proficiency that can reach more than 50% of World's population. But it doesn't mean more than 50% means need to reach 100%.

@@adrianwakeisland4710 It's the language of global commerce, it's the main language of international diplomacy, it's the language of air traffic control, its the most common language of academic journals, and the language used for scientific journals, and it's the most common language of the internet, and the language which is used by foreign travelers with different native language which is used to communicate with each other, and the language of aviation, and one of the international language of the un, and the most popular language that is used in mass media and movies. THIS IS THE VERY DEFINITION OF LINGUA FRANCA. tell me any other language that has this much influence.

@@adrianwakeisland4710 and what are you talking about 100% people should speak it, the population of this world is 7 billion and only 43% people are literate/educated which is 3 billion change, and English as the second language is spoken by 2.3 billion people according to the stats so that pretty much sums up your 100% -50%

mogumogu moguo Ummm in what language do I have to speak then? I'm Dutch but in every country I come, I speak in English

@@arev what countries have you been to?

J a lot of countries in Europe and in United Arab Emirates

I think it is too hard if we Japanese expect that all visitors talks Japanese. We also use our poor English in everywhere we go for example Thai or china lol. Therefore,speaking in slow,simple English is best way to communicate with native Japanese when you guys are in there. Most of us will support you as much as we can, and if you talk slowly and clearly, the possibility that the people understand you will be sharpened .

@一山田 🙄

Do she speak Japanese doe 😳

@@Chandiop he said his girlfriend is Japanese so yes she speaks Japanese obv

Jealous*

Zora sora same thing dickhead. Just another way of writing it. Ex, ur, u, omg, etc. stfu pls.

Ka

Maybe he can't speak english enough.

@@adrianwakeisland4710 Italy has moderate proficiency in English in 2020. It ranks 30

@@phdanyglise only few italians participate with that study you mean. That means most italians can't speak english.

Im not sure why you think that. Its a fair question as English is the most popular language in the world and is taught to most Japanese students for 6 years starting in Jr. High school. Although the majority of people in Japan can't speak English fluently.

@@alexoelkers2292 Only 21% can understand and speak English. So, it's not by popularity. BTW where are you from?

@@adrianwakeisland4710 Don't know how to break it to you but thats 1.5 billion English speaking people. The only language in the world that even comes close is Mandarin Chinese (although most signs in China are in English as well Mandarin). I mean the funny thing is that you acted like it would be silly asking if Filipinos speak English as well but their road signs and government documents are in English. English and Filipino are the two official languages there. Clearly you haven't done much traveling because you can go to MANY countries where English isn't even the primary language but still find signs in English and get by just fine only speaking English especially across Europe, Africa, Asia.

@@alexoelkers2292 Yeah, 1.5 billion people Worldwide can understand and speak English. That 1.5 billion includes THE WHOLE POPULATION OF INDIA AND THE PHILIPPINES. It includes all who cannot able to speak English native in the countries where English is the de facto and de jure official language. 1.5 billion includes ALL INDONESIANS, THAIS, JAPANESE AND HISPANICS (Aside from Puerto Ricans and Americans) who can understand and speak English. 1 5 billion includes all Danish, Dutch, Swedish and the rest of Europeans in general who can understand and speak English. Remember, not all who can understand English can speak English. Sorry, I'm not as ignorant as ignorant lazy monolingual English-speakers who travelled many countries (including non-english speaking countries Worldwide). Asking the question Filipinos can speak English is like asking the question like this, do Bolivians can speak Spanish or Do Congolese, Malagasy people, Beninese and Gabonese can speak French.

@@alexoelkers2292 that signs in English in China are only in the very big cities with highly touristic area and the community with high Anglic expats. Most of the signs in China are solely Chinese (mostly Mandarin).

Gay

Ivy Chu, she is not a Japanese. :)

Filipinos' accent is way better and more to be understood than japanese, even if you compare to singaporean accent, filipinos' english is much better. I'm a pacific islander. Singaporean english is far more difficult to be understood, even english is an official lingua franca in my country.

That's the sign English is not a global language. If english is a global language, majority of the population of EVERY NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES can speak english, even from the most remote rural areas of each of those countries.

@@adrianwakeisland4710 it's a global language , I'm from India but every state of India has english & local language as official language .( India doesn't have native english speakers)

@@dhruvaetoor1553 You think English is a global language coz you are native from a country where english is an official language. You are looks like bolivian think Spanish is a global language or Congolese think French is a global language. English as a lingua franca in all of India? Yes! But English as a lingua franca globally? No! No, especially in every non-English speaking countries. But India is not one of the non-English speaking countries. If India is not an English-speaking country, make sure almost all Indians (including yourself and all of Indian beauty candidates who joined World-class beauty competitions like Sushmita Sen) cannot undertand and speak English at all. If India is not an English-speaking country, make sure you can't speak English at all to me like this.

@@dhruvaetoor1553 Senegal, Madagascar, Congo and Gabon doesn't have native French speakers but French is an official/co-official language in all of these countries, just like English in India.

@@dhruvaetoor1553 if India is a non-English speaking country, make sure you cannot find even one Indian who can speak English at all in Asian Boss KZfaq Channel relating about India.

Era Raul there Japanese not korean

English is never be a universal language. Coz more people Worldwide cannot understand and speak english than the total population of the World who can understand english. English is unnecessary in your country, if most of your countrymen cannot understand english.

Foreigners should speak Japanese. We've planned Japanese universal language but lost ww2 by U.S. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y9Kqg7ac26vNlWQ.html

Maybe they are Chinese who live in Japan, and it might be a little easier for Japanese people to learn Chinese than English.

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@Ileen Ann Geisel I guess you have not ever lived in Japan, haven't ever talked with Japanese ppl, or just have talked with them only on business or on internet

@@denischadima1175 Thank you for your comment. Regretfully, no I have not ever lived in Japan but when I visited Osaka in 1997, they were very accommodating of the English language. Perhaps, it was because they were friends of my family members that did live in Japan. Collectively, I may be biased. Thank you very much for bringing that to my attention. I still regard their culture as an intelligent one; any disagreements upon that conclusion Denis ?

That is so wrong. Most of the Japanese can't speak English.

@@thesixjj7377 I've found that in major cities like tokyo, osaka, hiroshima (not major but the tourists are so plentiful that english is prominent), yokohama etc. most people know a bit of english