2011-04-21, 06:22 PM
I heard from some people in Japan that they think it's just for ''show'' for the Japanese, that it's not for ''gaijin'' at all. You'll find English phrases and stuff on all sorts of things, even bread.
It's kind of like when we use foreign names for certain things in the States and it makes it ''more exotic'', or interesting, etc. There's stuff in English in places that don't even have any Americans, or only a handful. The stuff about the military bases and stuff is true though, you're more likely to hear it spoken around those types of areas because it helps communicate with the soldiers and stuff.
It's kind of like when we use foreign names for certain things in the States and it makes it ''more exotic'', or interesting, etc. There's stuff in English in places that don't even have any Americans, or only a handful. The stuff about the military bases and stuff is true though, you're more likely to hear it spoken around those types of areas because it helps communicate with the soldiers and stuff.