/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>13801182
It's because English is taught in schools, and to get into (a good) college, you're forced to memorize a lot of English words, without context. Literally, they have vocab books (単語帳) and they just straight up memorize words without knowing how to use them. So, in order to sound smart, you see a bunch of people throw English words out, and then you end up with a mess.

Japanese companies want to use English because it makes them seem smart. They require people to speak English, even though no one really does, and then everyone can feel smart together, and no one ever tells them they're wrong. When I've stayed in some Tokyo hotels, the staff there is literally required to talk to any foreigners in English, even though I talk to them in Japanese, and their English is incomprehensible. It's all about status and having qualifications. Even though pieces of paper in no way have anything to do with actual skill.

It's actually pretty bad. I've talked to several nurses in the Fukuoka/Saga area and they do a lot of their blood tests in English because a lot of medical supplies are ordered from America, and I've been asked a few times to translate medical lingo from these tests that I don't even understand in English (engineering major). I can only imagine people with serious diseases are being misdiagnosed because the Japanese are too preoccupied with pretending they understand English and are guessing on the instructions.

tl;dr Everyone in Japan likes to pretend to be smart, so that's why you're seeing high English usage.

Here's a pic of my friend's shirt I took just now.