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Ministry tolerated Nova methods
The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry issued a document in June 2002 that tolerated English conversation school industry leader Nova Corp.’s controversial practice of minimizing refunds of students who terminated their contracts, according to sources close to the issue. Four months before the document was issued, the Tokyo metropolitan government began its own administrative procedures…
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Nova Pres. Sahashi refuses to resign over exaggerated ad scandal
Nova Corp. President Nozomu Sahashi on Thursday refused to resign from the top post at the largest English-language school operator in Japan over a scandal involving exaggerated advertisements. His refusal came in response to a call for his resignation from Nova shareholders who asked him at their annual meeting to resign to take responsibility for…
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Groups try to level playing field by limiting foreign players
The slogan of high school sport associations could be: If you can’t beat ’em, ban ’em. The associations have introduced tough restrictions on foreign students because they are trouncing the Japanese athletes in sports such as the ekiden relay marathon, basketball and table tennis. The restrictions followed protests from Japanese fans who say the superior…
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Racism surfaces over bid by foreigner to buy land, settle
FUKUROI, Shizuoka Prefecture– Fearful that they would be inviting crime to their neighborhood, residents blocked an attempt by a Japanese-Brazilian man to buy land on which to build a house. The local regional legal affairs bureau said their actions constituted a “violation of human rights” and told the parties involved that if a similar situation…
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Nova president refuses to resign
Nova Corp President Nozomu Sahashi on Thursday refused to resign from the top post at the largest English-language school operator in Japan over a scandal involving exaggerated advertisements. His refusal came in response to a call for his resignation from Nova shareholders who asked him at their annual meeting to resign to take responsibility for…
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Executives of scandal-tainted companies bow in remorse at shareholder meetings
Executives of scandal-tainted companies bowed deeply in remorse at shareholder meetings on Thursday as stockholders who are aggressively expanding their stakes in companies are gradually making their presence felt. Nova Corp., the scandal-hit operator of the nation’s largest English-language school network, held its shareholder meeting in Osaka. The company was in the red in the…
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Nova’s exact bid raises eyebrows
Nova Corp. in Osaka, the nation’s largest English school chain, won a public tender for an Osaka Municipal Board of Education program to dispatch assistant language teachers to municipal middle schools in spring 2006 with a price matching the closed ceiling price of 54,850,200 yen, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. A board official said the…
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Nova Union of Staff and Teachers Press Conference
Yesterday was, without a doubt, a media triumph for Nambu, and our struggle for job security for members. We’ve been trying for so long for this kind of media exposure, and the current Nova news frenzy gave us our opportuniy to make the public aware not only of the working conditions in Nova, but also…
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Troubled Nova staff slams work conditions
Nova Corp. teachers and other employees in Tokyo criticized the company Tuesday, saying the troubled chain of foreign-language schools must improve its business not just so it becomes more honest with customers but also for the sake of its workers. At a news conference, Nova union members also demanded that the firm provide better working…