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by arrosenberg 1481 days ago
That works in America and the UK because there are already large immigrant communities for you to arrive into. If you arrive in Japan speaking Spanish or Hindi today, how's that going to go?

It's not impossible, but it would take a lot of time and Japanese culture isn't exactly known for xenophilia.
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zarzavat 1481 days ago
It’s completely possible. Most people in e.g. Qatar can’t speak much Arabic. The most common languages spoken in the Gulf are Hindi and English.

I doubt that Japan will be going in that direction any time soon, but if they wanted to, they could.

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skinnymuch 1481 days ago
The xenophobia is the point of the reply I assume. Financial life isn’t that great for most of the world. People will go places for a better life. Language isn’t going to stop that. Xenophobia will.
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