When I was 16, I traveled to Japan as an exchange student. And starting from practically 0 Japanese, over the course of a year I was able to become so fluent that my accent is virtually native. Now, this isn't easy for an English speaker to accomplish because there are many challenging factors, such as kanji and relative politeness levels. I would like to share my tips and Japanese learning secrets with others. I'm better than a native Japanese speaker for this job because I understand the difficulties experienced by English speakers studying Japanese.