Originally Posted by Ceya
Nihon Jitensha Shinkokai = Japanese Bicycle Assocation. The Japanese have been using English for years as part of their language, it has been over 150 yrs.
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CEYA!
Correct!
In the late 1800s, Japan, in an attempt to industrialize, studied and adopted heavily from Europe, especially the UK.
The Japanese had long admired the English Navy, specifically, their colonial accomplishments (although, for the English, they all failed). Like Japan, England is isolated by water with little to no resources. Yet, for a time, it could be said that "the sun never sets on English Isle."
The Japanese are well known for taking a good idea and making it better. In the early 1900 the Japanese Navy practically owned the South Pacific to include parts of Russia and China. Had we (US) not cut the Japanese off from their Dutch oil supply (the primary reason Japan attacked Pearl harbor) who knows what the South Pacific would like today.