English-only policies come under media spotlight (Japan Times) August 29, 2010

By Geoff Botting
Learn to speak English, or else!
That’s the message for employees of Internet services company Rakuten, Inc. Back in May, the company announced plans to adopt English as the company’s official language by 2012. That means all meetings and communications within the company would be conducted solely in English. (Click this text to read the full story at Japan Times.)