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ELI5: Howcome English text is used so frequently in countries such as China Japan and Korea?

Something like a billboard for McDonalds, it would have English text saying "Fast Food". Why is this?
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English-speaking cultures are extremely powerful in the world if you haven't noticed, to the point that people involved in international business are going to learn English as a necessity. Once this is known people can communicate even if neither has English as a first language; a Japanese businessman might speak to an Indian businessman in English because they both learned in order to also do business in American markets.

The result is that English is also very important as a tourist language. Americans traveling will want to understand the sign but also visiting businessmen will be looking at such signs as well. Since both probably speak English it makes sense to have such a translation.