I keep thinking about why the Japanese rushed into adopting all things that were western. This is in full view today. Most Japanese are fascinated by everything western. As in india, there is a clamour here for protecting the culture. Again, what confounds me is that inspite of the prevelant affinity for anything american or european, this seems to have penetrated the society very less. Very few people speak english. Is the english tongue so hard to master? Considering that the Japanese language is by itself so complicated considering the multitude of Kanjis that one needs to memorize. However, i remember reading a translation by John Brennan (About the life of Mitsuyo Ohira) where there is a mention of the english language being leant in schools way back in the 80s and 90s. Why then is there a marked absence of eloquence in this subject?
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