(Note: I use AI to help me translate my stories from Japanese to English.)
In 2015, in Osaka, Japan, I attended a lecture by Shuji Nakamura, a 2014 Nobel Prize laureate in Physics.
He spoke very frankly, and it was enjoyable to listen to him.
He insisted that Japanese students should learn from American students, noting that American students are taught public speaking from elementary school. He ruefully remarked that his first public speaking experience had been in graduate school.
He also emphasized that Japanese people should study English diligently. Japan has many advanced technologies and a rich culture, but cannot share these with the world effectively due to a lack of language skills.