And as an American, none of these were an issue. None. They understand me just fine, and the details don't matter as long as they can understand you. It seems

And as an American, none of these were an issue. None. They understand me just fine, and the details don't matter as long as they can understand you. It seems like you saying that having an accent in a foreign language equates to not being able to speak it properly. Edit: Getting down votes for saying this, so I will clarify. If you reversed your arguments, claiming that the Japanese can't pronounce English sounds, you would come across as borderline racist. So I feel like arguing about the minutiae of sound detracts from whether or not the language as a whole is harder/easier to understand.