Critical values of learning to speak English for Japanese clinicians

We suggest three reasons why Japanese clinicians should learn to speak English: international academic interaction, gaining experience abroad, and having another skill in the rapidly changing world during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Not only reading and writing English but also speaking the language is inevitable for Japanese clinicians. Although speaking English is not easy owing to the disparity between English and Japanese, verbal English fluency adds tremendous value to academic development.[Image: see text]