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phillipharris | 5 months ago

Was he Japanese, or fluent in Japanese?

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contrarian1234|5 months ago

no, not at all.

in asia many many international professors and postdocs work 100% in English. Its the norm. Extremely rare to meet the exception. Many dont even have a conversational grasp of the local language

Even if you aquire the local language, getting to a proficiency level where you can discuss scientific topics is nearly impossible (bc in the meantime youre doing all your work in english)