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NOVA hit with group lawsuits over return of lesson fees
Fourteen people have filed two group lawsuits against major English-language school NOVA in the Kyoto District Court, demanding money they say the school has failed to return to them. The plaintiffs are demanding a combined 6.58 million yen from NOVA. Some of the plaintiffs claim that the school inappropriately reduced the amount of money that…
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Is it all over for Nova?
As ‘eikaiwa’ giant plans school closures amid credit crunch, some fear the worst The dark clouds that have been hanging heavily over us will be cast aside,” reads the English translation of Nova Corp. CEO Nozomu Sahashi’s memo faxed to staff Friday. “I said previously ‘the darkest time is before the dawn,’ and finally the…
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Kiwis caught up in Japanese cash crisis
The jobs of hundreds of New Zealand teachers are under threat after financial concerns about one of Japan’s biggest English language schools. The Nova group has not paid some of its staff and is planning to close some of its schools. It is Japan’s biggest private English Language School and 3 News visited it only…
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Japanese cash crisis hits NZ tutors
Hundreds of young New Zealanders have been caught up in financial problems affecting Japan’s biggest private English language school, Nova. Japanese newspapers reported that the company was closing 200 of its 900 campuses after the Government imposed a six-month ban on new long-term student contracts at the company in June. A New Zealand Embassy spokesman…
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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…