Some readers' thoughts on the dueling Jan. 10 Zeit Gist columns by Charles Lewis ("Local Japanese school is the obvious choice if you want your child to fit in") and Lisa Jardine ("International education a triple-A investment in your child's — and Japan's — future"):
I agree with Lisa Jardine's comment that "bicultural children educated in international schools who go on to university outside of Japan and then return home will bring this diversity back to Japan." Very much agree — in theory, that is.
In practice, however, Japan's business world is not ready for this kind of diversity and these bicultural and bilingual treasures are currently being chased away, to find refuge with the very few truly global foreign multinational companies in Japan, or are going overseas.