http://en.rocketnews24.com/2016/06/...-and-surprises-japan-by-tweeting-in-japanese/
As someone who started studying Japanese back in an era when that wasn’t nearly as common an endeavor as it is now, I’m always happy when I hear about someone else starting out on that linguistic path, be they man, woman, or cat.
Among the staff members at the U.K.’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office is Palmerston, the Chief Mouser. Palmerston assumed his position in April of this year, and his primary duties include catching the occasional mouse that’s infiltrated the facility and posing with visiting foreign dignitaries. Oh, and acquiring Twitter followers, which he’s done an outstanding job of by attracting some 16,000 in the two months he’s been tweeting.
As someone who started studying Japanese back in an era when that wasn’t nearly as common an endeavor as it is now, I’m always happy when I hear about someone else starting out on that linguistic path, be they man, woman, or cat.
Among the staff members at the U.K.’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office is Palmerston, the Chief Mouser. Palmerston assumed his position in April of this year, and his primary duties include catching the occasional mouse that’s infiltrated the facility and posing with visiting foreign dignitaries. Oh, and acquiring Twitter followers, which he’s done an outstanding job of by attracting some 16,000 in the two months he’s been tweeting.