Foreign long-term residents insecure about Japanese skills: survey

Foreign long-term residents in a central Japan city were more likely to have less confidence in their Japanese language ability than technical interns who have recently come from overseas, according to a survey released earlier this year.The survey, conducted between August and September last year by the city of Hamamatsu, where many Japanese-Brazilians work at production bases for manufacturers, found that long-term residents have often missed out on opportunities to learn the Japanese language before arriving, compared to the interns who studied beforehand.The research, which drew respons…READ FULL ARTICLE