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		<title>Nova&#8217;s restructuring laid the foundations for Geos&#8217; revival</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year marked the fifth anniversary of the collapse of English language school giant Nova, which filed for bankruptcy protection on Oct. 26, 2007. Under the guidance of Nagoya-based G.Communication, the cram school and restaurant operator that initially bailed out the company, Nova was able to do what many viewed as the impossible and restructure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Niseko puts faith in powder to revive tourism boom</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout most of the 2010s, the meteoric rise in popularity of Hokkaido&#8217;s ski resorts among foreign visitors was widely documented in both the domestic and overseas media. In particular, the quiet town of Niseko in southwestern Hokkaido, 100 km west of Sapporo, quickly and somewhat inexplicably rose in prominence among Western expats and tourists despite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>18 months on, &#8216;stayjin&#8217; in Tokyo, Iwaki tell a tale of two cities</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the media both in Japan and overseas reported on a perceived exodus of foreigners in the immediate aftermath of the March 11, 2011, disasters in Tohoku, the reality is that very few actually left for good. As was highlighted in our July 3 column (&#8220;The curious case of the eroding eikaiwa salary&#8221;), the number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With Berlitz beaten but not bowed, union fights on</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Budmar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Before instructors became embroiled in a fierce legal battle with Berlitz Japan, there was a time when the English language school chain&#8217;s robust image made it a top choice among foreign job-seekers. In particular, it was the company&#8217;s good reputation over competing language chains that initially attracted Michael and Colette (not their real names) to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The curious case of the eroding eikaiwa salary</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Budmar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Now fraught with job insecurity and low pay, there was a time when the work was steady and salaries were high for those who taught English in Japan. One only has to contrast the birth of the eikaiwa (English conversation) business in the late &#8217;80s, marked by the rise of private chain schools and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Flyjin&#8217; feel vindicated, worry for those left in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although more than a year has passed since the magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami struck Tohoku on March 11, 2011, Ivan Stout&#8217;s memory of the moment when the Shinmarunouchi building in Tokyo&#8217;s Chou Ward began to tremble is as vivid as ever. While Stout, 33, had lived through the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995 as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher outfoxes board, exposes bid to fleece JETs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[English teachers on the JET program are often faced with the bittersweet moment when they realize their contract is ending and they will soon be returning to their home country. However, for one former JET teacher, that moment turned out to be a poisonously sour one as he became embroiled in a conflict with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four years after &#8216;Nova shock,&#8217; eikaiwa is down but not out</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Budmar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask any ordinary person what significance Oct. 26 holds and you might find them struggling for an answer, but for many involved in Japan&#8217;s beleaguered English teaching industry, it was the day the nation&#8217;s premier operator fell into administration and took much of the rest of the industry with it. This year, Nova marked its [...]]]></description>
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