The English Conversation Business

Despite years spent studying the language at school, many Japanese feel inept at English. Perhaps that's why Japan's English conversation business rakes in hundreds of billions of yen each year. This time on Japanology Plus, we begin a two-part series focusing on English in Japan, and part one looks at English conversation classes. Our expert guest is Ruth Marie Jarman, a regular on an NHK English language education program. And in Plus One, a linguistic experiment on the streets of Tokyo!

Directing

Takamitsu Motomochi · Director

Writing

Adam Fulford · Script Consultant

Naoko Tomita · Script Consultant

Production

Aya Umeda · Producer

Ken Kumata · Executive Producer

Shinya Kikuchi · Executive Producer

Camera

Kanehisa Okuda · Camera Operator

Editing

Jun Afuso · Editor

Sound

Keiichi Okumura · Sound Recordist

Miwa Yokomizo · Music Supervisor

Guest Stars (2)

Emma Howard as Self - Narrator (voice)

Ruth Marie Jarman as Self - Expert