Japan: 'No English, no job'

英語將成日企官方語言

In a bid to plug dwindling domestic consumption by tapping into overseas markets, some of Japan's big-name retailers are telling their employees to start speaking English - or find another job, Reuters reported. Rakuten, Japan's biggest online retailer, plans to make English the firm's official language. Employees at Rakuten will need to master English by 2012 to avoid facing the sack. "No English, no job," Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani told the Asahi newspaper.

據路透社報道，為了拓展海外市場，以便應對國內消費的萎縮，部分大型日本零售商開始強令雇員學習英語，否則就必須另謀高就。日本最大的網絡零售商樂天公司準備將公司的官方語言換成英語。樂天雇員需要在2012年前掌握英語，以避免被開除的命運。樂天首席執行官三木谷浩史對《朝日新聞》說："不會英語，就失業吧！"

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