Naked Theft

After months of waiting and wondering, it seems that Nova instructors will at last receive their back wages.

The Japanese press has caught whiff of what instructors still hanging on with neo-Nova already know: many are losing their jobs through some creative firing. UPDATED

Here's a translation of an article in the :

The Osaka Prefectural Police would like to have a word with Nozomu Sahashi.

A song for Nova teachers who still haven't been paid.

As mentioned in comments, Hideo Sugimoto has replaced Takashi Ono as the head of g.education. Ono will assume the role of vice president.

Towards the end of January, the contents of stating that instructors who were absent from work stood to lose their jobs.

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has decided to give Nova students a ¥200,000 yen subsidy.

A reader points out a Sankei Shimbun article saying that Anders Lundqvist has resigned.

It's deja vu all over again. The first time, when Nova went under, it was a tragedy. When g.communication reneged on their promise to hire teachers, that was slap in the face. Now g.comm appears to be bleeding money. This is a farce.

Just as Nova instructors were getting shafted yet again when g.communication reneged on its promise of jobs, the cover story of the December 26 issue of Newsweek was a special report by David McNeil on English conversation schools.