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Originally Posted by RobinMask
Why should Japan provide 'necessesities' to foriegners? From what I see it has everything there that one needs to live and survive, if you mean 'they should speak English so English-speakers can get by', then that's different. Why should they? Do we learn Japanese so Japanese can get by here?
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Of course Japan has no obligation to make things easier for english speakers. But if you're in the hospitality industry and want to make money from english speakers then it certainly helps to make it easier for them. I know in parts of Australia popular with Japanese tourists, like Cairns, you can find many hotels and retail outlets with signs in Japanese and Japanese speakers on staff. Only makes sense yeah? Up here in the Niseko ski area a large portion of the winter tourism is from Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore, all who speak english. So most accommodation providers here have signs in english and staff who speak english. Most restaurants have an english menu.
If you don't want to make money from overseas tourists, that's fine but it doesn't make it right to discriminate against them or refuse them to stay purely because of they are not Japanese.