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Q: Do you speak Japanese? Do you need to?
A: Speaking the local lingo certainly helps although it is a very difficult language to master for a foreigner like myself. Speaking some Japanese certainly helps when ordering drinks or telling the cab driver where you want to go. In Tokyo most streets have no names so it is crucial to be able to describe the way to the taxi driver if you want to make it home after a night in Roppongi.

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