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What are the most common languages spoken in Tokyo?

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Are residents of Tokyo typically multilingual? What languages are most common? Here's what two local experts had to say about language in Tokyo.

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Aside from being a very clean city, Tokyo is known for being safe. It may be a very busy city but crimes that you usually hear from busy cities, such as robberies, happen rarely here. Also, people from Tokyo are very polite. Living here as a foreigner may be very challenging considering the language barrier.

In Tokyo, there are many unspoken social rules. Public transportation is used by the majority of people here and buses and trains are often crowded. When riding one of these forms of transportation, there are many of these social rules to be careful of. First, you should not speak too loudly. Even when the train is crowded, people are usually quiet. In addition to this, it is rude to speak on the phone on public transportation. It is also not appropriate to eat or drink while on a bus or train. While none of these actions are, in fact, prohibited, they are looked down on by most people here.

Bethany, says: 2020
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