Less television and more conversation at home are important first steps in improving children’s language proficiency, a council tasked with discussing how to improve young people’s command of Japanese said Tuesday.
In a report submitted to Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Takeo Kawamura, the Council for Cultural Affairs offered proposals to help enable children to read most basic kanji before graduating from elementary school.
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