For Akiko Shimizu, director of the John Robert Powers School, getting the best out of her young students is not just her job, but a way to make herself more attractive.
As the head of the Tokyo branch of the prestigious personality development school, Shimizu believes many of today's young Japanese women lack confidence and goals.
"They have so many choices that they don't know how to make the choice that fits them," said 53-year-old Shimizu.