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> The language is really difficult and most Japanese don't think their commandment of the language is good enough to be published.

The key to communicating is that it doesn't have to be perfect. Most Americans don't have a good enough command of English to write publishable material, but that doesn't stop them. In fact, in areas like politics, we glorify those who talk like an uneducated person by saying they "understand the common man" better.



I absolutely agree with you. Personally, I think mistakes are acceptable as long as the work is valuable.

I am not not a native English speaker and to make matters worse dyslexic, yet write.

For Japanese it is a "culture thing". Japan is a shame-based society and in their minds, mistakes have to be avoided at all costs. They rather do the save thing and avoid writing publicly altogether.




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