Native-like fluency?

In the debate over English education in Japan, people often mention the goal of having "Native-like fluency" as a reason for starting English education earlier. Is this a realistic goal? High-level fluency and native-like fluency are very different things. People like Arnold Schwarzenegger are fluent English speakers, but are definitely not native. Do education policy planners in Japan honestly think any educational policy will make Japanese kids native English speakers? High-level fluency is a fine goal. At this point, even basic competence would be fine goal. It's neither productive nor realistic to hold up native speakers as a model for English education.