I have the same experience as MikeB. Although my wife is not Japanese :-) (she and I are both Dutch. English is our second language).
NLP is very popular in the Netherlands. Some language patterns can't be easily transated. However, new language patterns have been 'invented' because of the language.
And yes, in my opinion and experience the same answer Pete gave goes as well for NLP.
Regards,
Erwin