{"id":3327,"date":"2026-06-14T17:05:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T17:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/?p=3327"},"modified":"2026-06-14T17:05:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T17:05:38","slug":"poll-foreigners-in-towns-villages-have-weaker-language-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/?p=3327","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Foreigners in towns, villages have weaker language skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-lnk-sptlght block-editor-block-list__block wp-block wp-block-visual-link-preview-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/articles\/16584623\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"Poll: Foreigners in towns, villages have weaker language skills | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-3 vlp-link-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/p.potaufeu.asahi.com\/7fa1-p\/picture\/30918705\/126af4bb2ed63d95ae4d3a13dc77efcf.jpg\" style=\"max-width: 1024px; max-height: 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-url\">www.asahi.com<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-title\">Poll: Foreigners in towns, villages have weaker language skills | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-summary\">Foreign residents in Japan tend to have lower Japanese language proficiency if they live in towns and villages with smaller populations, a government survey found.<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-3327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cultura","tag-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3328,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3327\/revisions\/3328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}