Source · Select Committees · Foreign Affairs Committee
Recommendation 59
59
Accepted
Negotiate expanded cooperation agreement with Japan for English and Japanese language teaching
Conclusion
The UK should negotiate with Japan an agreement on expanded cooperation on the teaching of English in Japan and Japanese in the UK. (Paragraph 200) India
Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the recommendation, noting that through the Hiroshima Accord, the UK and Japan have already agreed to re-vitalize people-to-people exchanges, including those focused on Japanese and English languages.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
146. The Government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Language ability is an important enabler of the people-to-people connections that underpin all our bilateral cooperation. Through the Hiroshima Accord, the UK and Japan have agreed to re-vitalise people-to-people exchanges including those in tourism, education and study opportunities including Japanese and English languages, as well as research cooperation, culture and art and the working holiday/youth mobility scheme.