The abiding belief among some native English speakers in Japan is that Japanese people need to use more English instead of sheltering in the comfort of a mother tongue barely spoken beyond their archipelago.
The Fall of Language in the Age of English, by Minae Mizumura, Translated by Mari Yoshihara and Juliet Winters Carpenter.
Colombia University Press, Nonfiction.
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