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Retooled English school chains set to launch Nova x Geos brand
Nova x Geos, a new English conversation school brand integrating branches from the Nova and Geos chains, is scheduled to be established on Nov. 1, according to the chains’ parent firm. Masaki Inayoshi, chairman of investment company Inayoshi Capital Partners, said Wednesday that about 50 of Geos’ 167 branches nationwide would adopt the new brand…
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Work starts on Nike-sponsored park
Full-scale construction work finally began Tuesday at a controversial Nike-sponsored park in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, after a delay of nearly one year due to problems involving the relocation of homeless people and protests against leasing public space to a private business. Prior to the showdown, officials accompanied by police last month built fences around the…
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Japan befuddled by elderly care debate
Wahyudin dreams of becoming a full-fledged caregiver, if not a certified nurse, in Japan. But the Indonesian worker must first pass the required Japanese-language national certification examination, which is far from easy. Until then the 29-year-old Wahyudin, a registered nurse in his home country, will remain a caregiver trainee in an elderly-care facility in Yamada…
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Zenkoku Ippan Tokyo General Union Sues Max Ali For Unfair Labor Practices
Today at the Tokyo Labor Commission, Zenkoku Ippan Tokyo General Union sued Max Ali (AKA Muhammed Ali Muhammed Mustafa, Japan Advanced Labor Agency, et alii) for Unfair Labor Practices under the Labor Union Act (Act No. 174 of June 1, 1949) for repeatedly refusing collective bargaining with the union and for failing to pay wages…
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Language Schools Nova, Geos Get Yet Another New Owner
Restaurant operator G.communication Co. has sold its subsidiary that runs the language schools Nova and Geos to an investment fund managed by its founder and former chairman. The Oct. 1 transaction was apparently triggered by the fact that G.communication’s parent company, Foody’s Co., has been hit hard by the recent failure of Incubator Bank of…
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Geos, Nova English schools change ownership once again
G.communication Co. has sold off the failed English conversation school chain Geos, which it took over in April, along with the Nova chain of English schools, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. An investment company led by Masaki Inayoshi, who formerly served as chairman of G.communication, purchased the subsidiary of the Nagoya-based firm that ran both…
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Nova, Geos now under investment fund’s wing
Nagoya-based G. communication Co. last week sold Nova Corp. and Geos Corp., two major foreign language school chains, to an investment fund. The fund, Inayoshi Capital Partners, run by recently retired G. communication founder Masaki Inayoshi, acquired the stakes Friday by purchasing shares of G. education Co., a G. communication spokeswoman said. Seven Geos language…
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ジオス・ＮＯＶＡ買収のジー社、英会話事業売却
経営破綻した英会話学校「ジオス」を今年４月に買収したジー・コミュニケーション（名古屋市）が、３年前に買収したＮＯＶＡも含めた英会話事業を売却していたことが４日分かった。
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G. Communication Sells Nova, Geos
G. communication Co. has sold all of its shares in a unit that manages English language schools Nova and Geos, officials of the Japanese diversified business group said Monday. The shares in G. education Co. were sold on Friday to an investment company headed by G. communication founder Masaki Inayoshi for an undisclosed sum. http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2010100400867
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Open Letter to Kevin Salthouse
Kevin Salthouse, I am glad to hear that the new Interac is “financially stable”. With this financial stability, I can think of no better way to move from “strength to strength” than by improving the working conditions of all of your ALTs. Here are a few suggestions that I personally think would benefit all ALTs: