I'm glad to hear about Rakuten.
Read Japanese...very little, and just the basics. I can understand it better than read, but it doesn't stop me from playing my games. :) I have this theory, when I was little I used to speak and read Japanese. But growing up never spoke or read Japanese, so I completely tuned it out and forgot about it. Well, I read that children store languages learned in one part of the brain; unfortunately, an adult learning language the brain stores it else where but not the same place as children. Eventually, I'm hoping after reading and listening to enough Japanese that somewhere in my brain will trigger that I do understand and can read Japanese (maybe hoping thinking on my part). Anyway, I guess I know enough that when I visited Japan five years ago I could get around Tokyo, take trains, and sightseeing.
Why?