Re: Self Inflicted "Immersion" Program

From: Curt Fischer (crf3_at_po.cwru.edu)
Date: 09/15/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 19:22:17 -0400

Jed Rothwell wrote:
> Curt Fischer writes:
>
>> Fluency in Japanese is not a requirement and not even listed as an
>> advantage
>> in any of their literature.
>>
>> In my experience, this is not unusual.
>
> Yeah. I know only a few American researchers in Japan, but anyway,
> they do not speak Japanese. The research is hard enough.
>
> Translating is the only job that requires fluency, as far as I know. I
> suppose being a salesman or something like that would also require
> fluency. Are there any gaijin-salesman? Probably being a yakuza
> requires fluency. I'll bet driving a truck does! At least one Famous
> Fluent American drives a truck in Japan.
>
> In the news lately, there have been scandals at Mitsubishi.
> Apparently, the top honcho there is a German or American guy. News
> clips have shown him apologizing to the public for the fatal auto
> accidents and telling his people they have to be good from now on. He
> is speaking in English. I wonder if he speaks Japanese at all? It is
> hard to believe the CEO (or whatever he is) can conduct business in
> English.

I would like to point out that you are refering to Mitsubishi Motors. This
company is led by Carlos Gosn or somebody with a name similar to that. It
is unconnected to Mitsubishi Chemical. 

-- 
Curt Fischer

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