Ryukoku University

International communication is a national obsession here, and basic conversational Japanese is not so hard to pick up. Reading is a different matter, but the International Center here has English and Chinese speakers to assist the foreign students with any academic or adminstrative problem. English is widespread amongst the instructors here (to varying levels), although in class only Japanese is spoken. Socially, amongst the European and Anglo students at least, English and Japanese are commonly spoken. English speakers certainly won't feel isolated. There are many Chinese, Korean and Thai students as well.

My Japanese is definately improved. English stayed pretty much the same but that wasn`t a surprise, it`s native-like anyway.