When the time came to get jobs with the new NOVA, instructors were offered a choice ( Read more... )

Thus ends my first week back at work. Gotta admit, it's a lot different from sitting at my desk, reading old Legion of Super-Heroes comics on my computer and thinking, "I really should get out of the house ( Read more... )

Well, there was a meeting today and I am now officially employed ( Read more... )

Yesterday there was a big meeting, simulcast from Tokyo and Osaka, wherein the court-appointed lawyers, representatives from various government offices and high mucky-mucks from the company that's taking us over told us what was going on. And what was going on is... surprisingly good ( Read more... )

Mainichi online - Firm set to take over NOVA will re-hire all teachers, other staffNAGOYA -- A company that is set to take over NOVA Corp. will re-employ all the foreign instructors and Japanese employees at the failed English conversation school, the chairman of the company has told the Mainichi.
This is in direct contrast to everything else I've ( Read more... )

Mainichi Daily News - NOVA to sell 33 percent of schools to G.education

No idea what this means for me yet....

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According to the Mainichi Daily News, the luxury office of NOVA's ex-CEO was unveiled today.


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The collapse of NOVA is now... an English lesson.

This was brought to my attention by my brother Paul, who often uses the Breaking News English site for lesson materials. This week? Japan’s biggest English school in troubleNova Corporation, Japan's largest English conversation school chain is in serious financial trouble. The company, which ( Read more... )

I called the US Consulate in Osaka and talked to a nice young lady about options and information for the NOVA diaspora. She asked me for some basic information about my situation and circumstances, and offered to email me information on where I can turn for help. She said that the State Department had issued no official statement on the NOVA ( Read more... )