Is English Japans Second Language?
It may be the second unofficial language, however very few people speak it at a fluent competency. Sometimes people can understand very simple written English (my name is ~ kind of thing) but can’t make heads or tails of the spoken language. And, depending on the area you go to, Portuguese and Spanish, is not spoken but at least on the signs. There are actually a large amount of Brazilian’s living in the Aichi and Shizoka prefectures, so I have actually seen signs with no English translation only Portuguese. What is also interesting to know that Japanese has a large amount of English loan words (words which have no Japanese root so are taken straight from the English language) but very few people can tell the difference between the loan word and original Japanese words, even though the average Japanese person will study English for about 6 years. The way English is taught is the crucial flaw in why most people can not speak nor understand English. During classes, very rarely is English
