A Big English School Goes Down

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A bit surprising. I know these guys, although I have to say that I do not know anyone who really worked for them. I do know a few folks who did attend their classes, as they offered a lot of business related English courses, more so than the typical conversational school. It is interesting that they went down at this time, and I do wonder what the cause was. Is there a bigger down turn in people studying English than before in Japan? Or were they just pushed out by their bigger competetors Nova/Geos/Shane?