One of the companies strategy for globaling business in Japan, all employees and employers begins to speak English as their office official language. There are English practice program in the companies because for improving their English. Now Economic in Japan is shrinking, at the same time they start new strategy for adapting into global world.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-09-08/japan-ceos-learn-globish-to-expand-overseas-as-economy-stalls.html