Language and what not

Why is it that through all the years I always hear how good Japanese people are in terms of speaking english. How they take classes for years and years and learn it as soon as possible. How it is a key part of their education system and success on the world stage. I say bullshit on this. Eveytime I see a Japanese baseball player come into the major leagues, they need an interpreter. I was just watching ESPN and this Matsuzaka guy has a crib sheet for his arm and its all in japanese, how can these guys converse with their teammates when they dont know the language. All im asking is to see one of these japanese players come over and speak english at his press confrence and do it will as opposed to being paid 100million dollars as Matsuzaka(Boston Red Sox) is and having the team hire an interpreter.


Also why does bilingual in America only mean American and Spanish? Are there no other nationalities in the country who dont speak the language. Oh wait, there arent, because all the rest of the immigrant population has managed to assimilate. God forbid the spanish speaking immigrants learn to do the same. They never will until we cut the cord either, that would be great. Same way Iraq will never take over its own problems until they know America will be leaving at some point. ITs a matter of motivation.