Japanese language study becoming popular in China and Indonesia

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TOKYO —

The number of people studing Japanese is increasing rapidly in China and Indonesia, the Japan Foundation said Wednesday. According to the results of a foundation survey taken every four years, Japanese is taught in 136 countries to about 3,980,000 students.

The number of Japanese learners increased in China the most, up 26.5% since 2009, making China the top country for learning Japanese for the first time, TV Asahi reported. Indonesia ranked second, up 21.8% since 2009.

The Japan Foundation said many Chinese and Indonesians are learning Japanese because they are interested in Japanese culture, such as anime and manga. Others learn Japanese because it’s beneficial to their future career, the foundation said.

Meanwhile, the number of students of Japanese in South Korea, which ranked No. 1 in the survey for many years, has dropped by 21.8% since 2009 and ranked No. 3 this year.


Japanese language study becoming popular in China, Indonesia ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

 

[cnleio]

This mostly popular in young Chinese boys/girls ... thanks Japan Anime and China pirate videos on internet.

 

[Aepsilons]

This mostly popular in young Chinese boys/girls ... thanks Japan Anime and China pirate videos on internet.

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As for Chinese Language, we already know Chinese language through Kanji. he he.

Thanks China for Chinese Character system you introduced to us some 2000 years ago.

 

[cnleio]

As for Chinese Language, we already know Chinese language through Kanji. he he.

Thanks China for Chinese Character system you introduced to us some 2000 years ago.

When im young, my favorite anime is 《棋圣》 and dream oneday i can reach achievement like 小光 & never give up. Anyway the Japan Anime bring many Happy to Chinese boys/girls, どうもありがとう !

 

[terranMarine]

As for Chinese Language, we already know Chinese language through Kanji. he he.

Thanks China for Chinese Character system you introduced to us some 2000 years ago.

Except Japanese don't speak Mandarin nor one of our xxx dialects plus kanji uses standard Chinese characters and perhaps a few simplified included.

 

[cnleio]

Except Japanese don't speak Mandarin nor one of our xxx dialects plus kanji uses standard Chinese characters and perhaps a few simplified included.

Yes, it's no any problem for a Chinese to visit a Japan city ... their street names, building names etc all used Hanzi/Kanji, u can't understand Japanese or speak Japanese but u must know Hanzi/Kanji ... so a Chinese doesn't feel unfamiliar in Japan city damn looks like in China.

 

[terranMarine]

Yes, it's no any problem for a Chinese to visit a Japan city ... their street names, building names etc all used Hanzi/Kanji, u can't understand Japanese or speak Japanese but u must know Hanzi/Kanji ... so a Chinese doesn't feel unfamiliar in Japan city damn looks like in China.

LOL Japan a little China?

 

[cnleio]

LOL Japan a little China?

Don't suprise, if i tell u today in Japan islands there's a region really called "中国" ... near Osaka city, West Honshu Island of Japan. LOL ... u can ask Nihonjin1051, is that right ?

 

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Except Japanese don't speak Mandarin nor one of our xxx dialects plus kanji uses standard Chinese characters and perhaps a few simplified included.

That's right, we can't talk to each other per se, but we can write to each other. LOL.

PS. Terry, want to be my pen pal?

pps. Ah, this simplified characters! Stop being lazy, use traditional characters !!

 

[terranMarine]

That's right, we can't talk to each other per se, but we can write to each other. LOL.

PS. Terry, want to be my pen pal?

pps. Ah, this simplified characters! Stop being lazy, use traditional characters !!

your pen pal? you gonna invite living at your place when visiting Japan too?

 

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your pen pal? you gonna invite living at your place when visiting Japan too?

Sure why not! Just don't try to kill me before we can eat sushi together...hahahaha !

 

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[terranMarine]

Sure why not! Just don't try to kill me before we can eat sushi together...hahahaha !

just don't poison me with fugu dish first

 

[Aepsilons]

just don't poison me with fugu dish first

hahahaha! you're so mean, i wouldn't want to do that to my pen pal!

 

[Aepsilons]

Number of international students by institutional type

Graduate school = 39,641

University (undergraduate)/ Junior college/
College of technology = 71,361

Professional training college = 25,167

University preparatory course = 1,587

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5 major countries / regions of origin

China = 86,324

South Korea = 16,651

Taiwan = 4,600

Vietnam = 4,300

Nepal = 2,451


International Students in Japan 2012-JASSO