Some English conversation schools are increasingly tailoring classes for students who want specific training, such as dealing with customers or full immersion in American culture.

One such school, Goover English School, places students with families at U.S. military bases in Japan so that they can chat about news, music and food as if they were in the United States.

Tokyo-based Goover has contacts with families at four U.S. bases in Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture, including Yokota Air Base and Camp Zama.