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A new report by the Yano Research Institute shows that the language study market is still feeling the effects of Nova's collapse.

Osaka-based NPO, Kansai Consumer's Support Organization, has sued English conversation school operator Fortress Japan for "undue solicitations."

The Sankei Shimbun has a puff piece on Gaba. The company's president, Chutatsu Aono, gets some free space to espouse the greatness of his school.

Another piece of NOVA dies.

Maybe I'm beating a dead horse now, but an article in the Foreign Correspondent's Club of Japan's No.1 Shimbun [PDF] completely misses the point about why people have complained about the Mainichi running the WaiWai column.

Sahashi plans to plead innocent.

I'll throw my hat into the ring about the end of the WaiWai column. Rather than a story of an Internet mob bullying a newspaper and its foreigner writer, WaiWai is an example of a massive failure in corporate governance.

Prosecutors will not indict Sahashi for non-payment of salaries for last October and September.

Teaching private lessons for a pittance? What if I told you you could double your rates while working less using a proven method that can transform your life? Interested?

Sahashi has made bail and has been released.

Ex-NOVA president Nozomu Sahashi has been indicted for embezzlement of corporate funds.

Students will now be paying 20% more for lessons at neo-NOVA.

The luxury “office” that former Nova president Nozomu Sahashi claimed was actually a showroom is no more.

Part 3 of the FujiSankei Business i's series on the rise and fall of Sahashi.

Part 2 of FujiSankei Business i's series on the rise and fall of Sahashi describes his foray into banking.

The FujiSankei Business i recently ran a three-part series on the rise and fall of Sahashi. This will be a rehash of events for most readers, but the series drives home the point that Sahashi's hubris brought the company down. Here's Part 1.

Tack on nonpayment of wages to Sahashi's charge of embezzlement.

I received a postcard in the mail toady informing me that as of August 1, OCN, the internet provider operated by NTT Communications, has decided to impose a daily upload limit of 30GB per day.