No. 7 — February 18, 2000

Feature Article

DEALING WITH DEALING IN ENGLISH:
LANGUAGE SKILLS FOR JAPAN'S GLOBAL MARKETS

Hiroyuki Takahashi

• Summary
• Standardized Testing For Listening As Well As For Reading Comprehension
• The "English Boom" And Fujitsu's Requirement That All Employees Take The TOEIC
• How English Is Used Within Japanese Companies
• Internationalization Of Japanese Firms And Efforts To Improve English Proficiency
• How Companies Use TOEIC Scores
• Growing Interest In Studying English Among College Students
• Where Do Japanese Companies Want To Go With English Education?
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Weekly Review

• New Reports Dampen Economic Expectations In Japan É Or Do They?
  --- by Douglas Ostrom
• Cash-Strapped Tokyo City Proposes Taxing Big Banks
  --- by Jon Choy
• Obuchi Addresses Global Issues At UNCTAD Talks
  --- by Marc Castellano
• Japan, Russia Make A Show Of Jump-Starting Peace Process
  --- by Barbara Wanner
• Notes
  • Steel

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