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October 2007

NOVA Shuts Doors, Files for Court Protection from Creditors
As widely expected Nova shut its doors and filed for court protection Friday leaving 4,000 foreign teachers uncertain as to whether they will get paid. This is not the same as filing for bankruptcy but should the company not be able to rehabilitate itself that is clearly the next step. Nova has accumulated debts of nearly half a billion dollars. The founder and president of NOVA, Nozumu Sahashi was fired by his board of directors on October 25th. The story was widely covered in the Japanese and international media.

Visit: Daily Yomiuri Online Visit: Daily Yomiuri Online Visit: Mainichi Daily News Visit: BBC Visit: Yahoo (October 28, 2007 )

Sendai Awaits ETJ Expo
Sendai is the host of the ETJ Expo this coming Sunday, October 28th. Visitors to the Expo at Forest Hall will be able to experience a great selection of books from all of the major ELT publishers as well as party to presentations from the likes of David (T-Rex) Paul, Hugh Graham-Marr, Hajime (Love Psychedelico) Shisedo, Andrew Brady and many more. Books at discount prices will be available from ELTBOOKS.com.

The Tokyo English Language Book Fair (TELL) / ETJ Expo Tokyo will be held the following Saturday and Sunday at Tokyo Gakuen University.

For more information visit: ETJ Web Site (October 11, 2007 )

International Christian University Wins ESUJ Debate
Dai Oba and Manabu Igusa, representing International Christian University beat fellow ICU students Satomi Hemmi and Tomohisa in the final of the 10th English-Speaking Union of Japan University Debating Competition. Oba and Igusa opposed the motion "This House would ban civilians from entering foreign conflict zones."

The debate took place in front of the Chairman of the ESU, Lord Hunt and ESU Governors Lord Watson and Lady Fry (wife of the British Ambassador to Japan) along with delegates from English-Speaking Unions around the world who are in Japan for this year's International Council meeting. (October 09, 2007 )

ESUJ to Hold University Debate Competition
The English-Speaking Union of Japan will hold its 10th parliamentary debate competition on Sunday and Monday at the National Olympics Memorial Center in Shibuya. 32 teams from 25 universities will compete. Competitors include Aoyama Gakuin, International Christian University, Tokyo University, Keio Univeristy and Sophia University.
Admission for spectators is free.

For more information visit: ESUJ (October 04, 2007 )

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