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Close to 3 million taking Japanese lessons overseas

Some 2.98 million people were studying Japanese in 133 countries and regions in 2006, up 26.4 percent from 2003 and almost attaining the government's target of raising the number to 3 million by... Read more . . . ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Thu, Nov 01 2007

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