English is the only language that I am fluent in, the rest was just to be polite to the performers and the other workers that came with them.
At the time I joined, they had a unit that was traveling in Japan and I hoped to be able to transfer to that unit and get to experience Japan up close and personal.
I have been interested in Japan since I first saw station 48 out of N.Y.C. in 1980.
and got to see Japanese programs in their original form, without the dubbing and the editing.
The two shows that struck me most were "Cyborg 009" and "Galaxy Express 999". In 1980 you can imagine the impact these programs could have on a person in comparison to the rest of the American programing that was around at the time.
Just after I joined the unit in Japan was closed down.