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| Japanese - the language |
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 Japanese is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities around the world.
Although Japanese is spoken almost exclusively in Japan, it still is spoken elsewhere. When Japan occupied Korea, Taiwan, parts of the Chinese mainland, and various Pacific islands during and before World War II, locals in those countries were forced to learn Japanese in empire-building programs. As a result, there are many people in these countries who can speak Japanese in addition to the local languages.
Unlike most western languages, Japanese has an extensive grammatical system to express politeness and formality.
Most relationships are not equal in Japanese society. The differences in social position are determined by a variety of factors including job, age, experience, or even psychological state (e.g., a person asking a favour tends to do so politely). The person in the lower position is expected to use a polite form of speech, whereas the other might use a more plain form. Strangers will also speak to each other politely. Japanese children rarely use polite speech until they are teens, at which point they are expected to begin speaking in a more adult manner.
The Japanese government provides standardized tests to measure spoken and written comprehension of Japanese for second language learners; the most prominent is the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)
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| About the schools |
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Japan (Nippon or Niohon in Japanese) is the second largest economy in the world after the United States and still is a fast growing economy. Japanese is already a very important language in industry and business and it's importance will is expected to continue to grow.
Language schools offering Japanese as a foreign language are becoming more and more popular and are increasing in numbers constantly. Most of these schools are found in Japan for obvious reasons.
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