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Branch closings dim Nova’s future
English-conversation school operator Nova Corp.’s planned closure of about 50 branches at the end of this month is indicative of the severe business climate the company faces, following a number of student contract cancellations and an order from the government in June to partially suspend its operations. The firm, the largest of its kind in…
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Teachers protest in Osaka
Instructors from Nova Corp. demonstrated in central Osaka on Friday to protest the firm’s delay in their salary payments. About 50 foreign teachers, including those who have yet to receive salaries due to them on Sept. 14, began the demonstration from Nanba, in Osaka’s Minami district, holding signs that said, “Nova pay us now,” and…
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Foreign teachers face axe in Japan
ENGLISH teaching chain NOVA, which employs more Australians and foreigners than any other Japanese company, has admitted it may have to shut hundreds of schools to account for massive financial losses this year. NOVA has said in a statement that it has not made any decision about the closures, but Japanese media have quoted sources…
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Canadian teachers unpaid in Japanese ESL woes
Some Canadian English teachers are among the thousands of worried workers left without prospects and paycheques in the wake of vast financial problems for Japan’s largest private language school. Nova Group, which has 900 schools, employs about 7,000 foreign workers — more than any other Japanese company. Thousands of young Canadians have worked for Nova…
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Nova to close 50 branches
Nova Corp., the nation’s largest English-conversation school operator, plans to close about 50 branches at the end of this month, sources said Thursday. The English-language school chain is to consolidate neighboring branches mainly in the Tokyo area, but also in areas including Osaka and Kobe, where a number of branches are located near each other.…
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Nova may close hundreds of schools
Slump from ad scandal triggers rent defaults, radical restructuring Nova Corp., reeling from a false advertising scandal, is planning to close at least 200 of its 900 or so schools later this month to turn around its struggling operations, sources said Thursday. The nation’s largest language school chain is mainly targeting money-losing branches, but some…
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Nova mulls closing at least 200 school branches: sources
Nova Corp., reeling from a fraudulent-advertising scandal, is considering shutting down at least 200 out of its about 900 school branches around late September to turn around its operations, sources close to the matter said Thursday. The nation’s largest English-language school operator plans to close mainly money-losing school branches, but the company is being compelled…
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NOVA looks to shut down schools amid financial crisis
Major English language teaching chain NOVA is considering shutting down a large number of schools, it emerged on Thursday. NOVA’s income from lesson fees has decreased since the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry issued the language school a partial business suspension order over its practices. Because of this, the school is apparently pushing for…
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Teachers unpaid as company falters
HUNDREDS of foreign teachers of English in Japan were anxiously awaiting overdue wages from the Nova language school yesterday, amid speculation that the corporate giant was close to collapse. The country’s foreign workers’ union said it could “only hedge a guess that up to 3000” English teachers, many of them young Australians, went without pay…
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Nova sees sales plunge for quarter
Nova Corp., the nation’s largest language school chain, said Friday its sales for the April-June period plunged 31.9 percent to ¥9.3 billion, reflecting the difficulty the troubled firm is experiencing in luring new students. Nova’s image took a beating in June when the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ordered the Osaka-based company to partially…