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Is English Teaching in Japan a ‘McJob’?
Written By: guyjin on October 2, 2009 7 Comments

Yesterday I wrote about Japan’s Temporary Worker Problem, and today I saw an interesting article by Lisa Gay at Japan Today (originally from Metropolis), which argues the case of teaching in Japan as the ‘McJob of Asia’. The article makes a few good points.

 

Starting with the overall premise [...]

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English Schools Continue to Lose Business
Written By: guyjin on September 16, 2009 6 Comments

According to the Japan Times today, sales in language related businesses in Japan have fallen for the fourth straight year, with a 5.2% drop to 767.2 billion yen in fiscal 2008. Foreign language schools dropped some 5.6%, with the drop in sales to adults the most marked, with a 9.1% decrease. [...]

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