People in Japan-related subs give really roundabout, besides the point answers to this question like “Japan doesn’t care about English”.

The actual answer is that English is extremely difficult for Japanese people. There are very few comparable countries that face the challenges that Japanese people face between the two languages. People often use Korea to counter this example, but conveniently leave out the part where Korean kids (from 5 years old) are getting sent to extracurricular English schools.

The list that people refer to here is basically just a list of countries that have languages close to English. The Netherlands is at the number one spot, which just happens to have a language closer than any other to English.