speak some japanese
Not TECHNICALLY true..... My friend from Japan when she ran away to England ended up going out with an English guy I know........ He is about as far away as you can get from speaking any kind of Japanese....... I mean when asked what he knows about Japan he said "I watch some anime (no emphasis on the e ) and I play XBOX"...... So basically he knows nothing about Japan, can't speak any kinda of Japanese, oh and he goes a bit retarded around food he doesn't know..... Like litterally we tried to make him eat some Japanese food and it was like we were trying to feed him dog crap. o.o
But yeah basically she knew quite a bit of English in the first place so it was all possible.... And ermm they ended up going out for 2 months until she HAD to go back because of her visa.... She was going to get a work visa, but, the idiot didn't send off her application to the work place (as in he had to walk up to a post office and she would be back in a month) as he was too busy...... He basically didn't want to see her anymore I think..... But yeah she wanted to come back anyway and he ruined it......
My point is you don't need to know Japanese if you are really lucky...... v.v;;
Even though the location is different it's the same kinda thing. ^^;