Guess which language Japanese women in their 40s like the best?

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Korean has been selected as the foreign language Japanese women in their 40s want to learn the most.

In response the question ‘In this international age, what foreign language besides English would you like to learn?’ on a survey by the Japanese entertainment company Oricon, the first place was French (32.2%), second was Chinese (27.2%), and Korean was third at 24.1%.

When it came to women, French was selected first by 39.8% of respondents for reasons such as its intellectual image and beautiful impression, and for men Chinese took first place with 28.4% because of the growing Chinese economy, and because they believed it could be the next international language after English.

Korean only took fourth place at 20.0% with men, but second place with women at 28.2%. For women in their twenties it was third at 21.0%, for those in their thirties it was second at 26.0%, and for those in their forties it was in first place at 32.5%, showing its popularity increasing with the age of the respondent.

Oricon pointed out that a large number of fans that wish to see Korean dramas and movies without subtitles are in their 30s and above.

The survey was carried out by Oricon’s survey research division on a total of 1,000 of its members from the 23rd to the 26th, divided into ten sections characterized by gender, and then by age group: first with high school students, then university students, and after that on others in their 20s, 30s, and then 40s; this made a total of 100 people surveyed per group.