Japan has changed in important and visible ways
It's difficult to take the author of the article being repudiated (Wingfield-Hayes) seriously when he has lived here for over 10 years and doesn't speak the language.Any other person who lived in a country for a decade and can't converse in the language would be (rightfully imo) shamed for it.Idk, say what you like about how journalists operate but living somewhere for a decade and not speaking the language doesn't sit right with me.