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2007.12.19 Wednesday

National Health Insurance

It seems now that every employee has received the documents ending their employment at Nova. For those of you who have no more health insurance, i would advice to go to the national health insurance counter at your ward office. The bill for this insurance was usually pretty high when working for Nova. But now the dismissal give your reduced rate. I saw my bill go from 22 000¥ a month to 6 700¥ a month because of my unemployment. I think that it is a good move, especially for those who were on Shakkai Hokken. For those who were in JMA, be careful you might have to cover your bill for the last 2 years because you were then in an illegal position. If such issue araises, the general union might have some advice for you, so contact them. But basically you can argue about the fact that you were not responsible for this situation and then you can't afford such a back payment. Do not sign papers that you are not sure about what they say. It is better to find a Japanese speaker to come with you at the office. Here is my piece of advice from my own experience. Good luck to all.

2007.11.12 Monday

Museum Open doors

This month, and especially next week-end (November 17th&18th), a particular event is organized in Kansai. The entry to numbers of museums and other entertainment is FREE.
You can find the list of place participating from all over Kansai (9 prefectures) on the event website.
Enjoy your visits.

2007.11.09 Friday

Nova last days

Just to relay part of the information that the nova website provided today.

"We inform you that there will be information sessions for employees held on the following date/times.

Following each session it is planned that a government agency information seminar will be held regarding related matters at the same venue.

Please note that those who are not employees are not permitted to enter the venue.Date and times: November 10, 2007 10:00 and 14:00 Location:
1.Nova Multimedia Center
Kintetsu Shin Namba Bldg, 16F and 17F 1-4-38 Minatomachi, Naniwa-ku, Osaka-shi
(We ask that if possible Multimedia Center instructors attend the 10:00 session, and Kansai branch instructors attend the 14:00 session)
2. Nova Tokyo Head Office
Shinjuku NS Building 23F 2-4-1 Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo (We ask that if possible instructors from area 2 (Tokyo), area 4 and area 8 (Tokyo) attend the 10:00 session and Kanto branch instructors from other areas attend the 14:00 session)
3. Some branch locations (instructors will be informed individually)

* The content of the session starting from 10:00 and that of the session starting from 14:00 will be the same, so please do not attend both seminars as the capacity of the meeting place is limited."

Good luck to all of you.

2007.11.06 Tuesday

Nova found a sponsor

It seems that a sponsor has been found for Nova. The "G communication group" is said, unofficially for the moment, that they would take over the 3 entities of Nova (Ochanoma Ryugaku, Ekimae & Nova kids) through their subsidiary "G education".

They would re-open 30 schools at first, when would gradually move over time to 200 schools re-opened.

They are considering taking as many nova employees as they can. The journalist asking about 2000 people, they answered that they would consider this as much as possible.

The subsidiary taking the Nova in charge has so far 4 networks of schools : 2 networks of Cram schools (Itto with 679 schools and Ganbaru with 185 schools) and 2 networks of english schools (Grip with 1 school and EC with 41 schools) and 42 english schools, mainly in Hokkaido. G communication seems to be very oriented to the food business (sake, restaurants) and is based in Nagoya.

The students from Nova could buy new tickets at this entity with a discount of 75%.

They haven't decided yet whether they keep Nova brand or not.

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