Novelist Minae Mizumura sees things differently. In “The Fall of Language in the Age of English,” she argues that Japanese people should spend less time worrying about their poor English skills and more time reading classic texts penned in their own language to arrest the fall of Japanese literature.
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Mizumura contends that more of the school curriculum should be devoted to reading and analyzing the Japanese literary canon, and less time spent learning English, which she considers a futile endeavor for the majority of students, who are simply not interested.
Whatever she's smoking - I want some.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2015/01/03/books/book-reviews/novelist-mizumura-fights-arrest-fall-japanese-literature/#.VKt6K9KUeit