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Biden calls US ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with Russia and China (www.cnn.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

No, but a lot of other people have and you're a definite minority saying that, so, X to doubt basically.

It's not just people who don't bother trying, either. BBC's long term Japan correspondent wrote an article about it when he finally left, and I'm pretty sure he's fluent.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

... BBC's long term Japan correspondent wrote an article about it when he finally left, and I'm pretty sure he's fluent.

I wouldn'y be too sure about being fluent part. I am an Indian and I have seen bulk of so called indologists (professors in American and European academia) unable to pronounce common sanskrit words - despite writing bestsellers on the subject.