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[womblingfree]

Seeing as how Nova was predominantly just a way for people to take a years working holiday I doubt most of those people will be slumming it in other Asian countries. Most will just go home or do whatever jobs are available wherever they fancy continuing their year(s) off.

As far as English teaching in Japan goes it could have a few consequences:

The bottom could fall out of the eikaiwa market as Japanese realise that it was all a big scam anyway.

The level of tuition could increaase as a smaller number of schools emerge with qualified instructors (unlikely).

Alternatively salaries will go down across the board as the other large eikaiwa exploit the situation as they realise that everyone's desperate and their staffs options are more limited in a greatly reduced market. Fly-by-night eikaiwa at the bottom of the barrell will increase, you know, those one's that offer 100,000 yen a month!!! We'll probably see more of them.

We could also see the other big eikaiwa expanding if demand for their services increases.

[womblingfree]

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[Apsara]

There was even an article in the Wall Street Journal (online at least). Obviously it's not accurate that overseas media don't have any interest in the situation. Mostly fleeting interest for other countries, but it seems the situation has been newsworthy.