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The Global Rise of Japanese Learners

The number of non‑Japanese staff has reportedly tripled in the past three years in Japanese Animation industry. Many of them follow a similar path: they study Japanese either in their home country or in Japan, and then apply for jobs at Japanese animation studios.
After returning home, many continue to work online, and there are now more than 300 overseas studios involved in Japanese animation. This shows that former employees are helping maintain animation quality even from abroad. They are really indispensable workforce for Japan.
Today’s Nikkei reports that the number of Japanese learners has been increasing worldwide, because Japanese language skills often lead to better job opportunities across many industries, including animation studios. According to Duolingo, Japanese is now the fourth most‑studied language, ranking above other Asian languages such as Chinese and Korean.

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The Global Rise of Japanese Learners

Many of them follow a similar path: they study Japanese either in their home country or in Japan, and then apply for jobs at Japanese animation studios.

After returning home, many continue to work online, and there are now more than 300 overseas studios involved in Japanese animation.

This shows that former employees are helping maintain animation quality even from abroad.

The Global Rise of Japanese Learners

Many of them follow a similar path: they study Japanese either in their home country or in Japan, and then apply for jobs at Japanese animation studios.

After returning home, many continue to work online, and there are now more than 300 overseas studios involved in Japanese animation.

This shows that former employees are helping maintain animation quality even from abroad.

According to Duolingo, Japanese is now the fourth most‑studied language, ranking above other Asian languages such as Chinese and Korean.

The Global Rise of Japanese Learners


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The number of non‑Japanese staff has reportedly tripled in the past three years in Japanese Animation industry.


The number of non‑Japanese staff has reportedly tripled in the past three years in the Japanese Animation industry. The number of non‑Japanese staff has reportedly tripled in the past three years in the Japanese Animation industry.

The number of non‑Japanese staff has reportedly tripled in the past three years in the Japanese Aanimation industry. The number of non‑Japanese staff has reportedly tripled in the past three years in the Japanese animation industry.

"Japanese animation" isn't a proper noun, so I wouldn't capitalise the word "animation".

Many of them follow a similar path: they study Japanese either in their home country or in Japan, and then apply for jobs at Japanese animation studios.


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After returning home, many continue to work online, and there are now more than 300 overseas studios involved in Japanese animation.


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This shows that former employees are helping maintain animation quality even from abroad.


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They are really indispensable workforce for Japan.


They are reallyan indispensable workforce for Japan. They are an indispensable workforce for Japan.

I think it sounds more natural without "really" in this case.

They are really are an indispensable workforce for Japan. They really are an indispensable workforce for Japan.

"Indispensable" is already quite an extreme word, so using "really" in front of it may be a little excessive. However, you can move it slightly in front to emphasise the entire statement, and not just the word "indispensable".

Today’s Nikkei reports that the number of Japanese learners has been increasing worldwide, because Japanese language skills often lead to better job opportunities across many industries, including animation studios.


Today’s Nikkei reports that the number of Japanese learners has been increasing worldwide, because Japanese language skills often lead to better job opportunities across many industries, including animation studios. Today’s Nikkei reports that the number of Japanese learners has been increasing worldwide because Japanese language skills often lead to better job opportunities across many industries, including animation studios.

Today’s Nikkei reports that the number of Japanese learners has been increasing worldwide, because Japanese language skills often lead to better job opportunities across many industries, including animation studios. Today’s Nikkei reports that the number of Japanese learners has been increasing worldwide, because Japanese language skills often lead to better job opportunities across many industries, including animation.

A minor detail, but "animation studios" is not an "industry".

According to Duolingo, Japanese is now the fourth most‑studied language, ranking above other Asian languages such as Chinese and Korean.


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According to Duolingo, Japanese is now the fourth -most studied language, ranking above other Asian languages such as Chinese and Korean. According to Duolingo, Japanese is now the fourth-most studied language, ranking above other Asian languages such as Chinese and Korean.

I'm not sure I agree with the placement of the hyphen. In my experience, I don't see hyphens placed behind the word "most".

Today's Nikkei reports, the number of Japanese learners has also been increasing worldwide, because Japanese language skills often lead to better job opportunities not only in across industries including Animation studio.


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