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A valid point. Of course if you actually live in Japan, in many situations you really need to be able to write. But say your purpose isn't moving there, etc.
I guess the main benefit of writing is to really have looked at a kanji, to be able to tell it apart from similar looking ones. Really just deeper knowledge.
E.g. which is the correct one?
オマエは馬慶
オマエは馬鹿
オマエは鳥慶
オマエは鳥鹿
Of course the real main benefit might be that it isn't really very difficult to learn to write kanji. They are quite logical in this aspect. A good way to work some with them while highlighting their differences, before tackling the harder part of reading them.