Almost half of Japanese grade-school girls have never heard of 'programming'(japantoday.com)
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Almost half of Japanese grade-school girls have never heard of 'programming'
https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/almost-half-of-japanese-grade-school-girls-say-they%E2%80%99ve-never-heard-of-%27programming%27-in-survey
The article also doesn't compare Japan with any other country.
So, it's hard to draw any meaningful conclusions at all from this article.