School's closure in Japan exposes tough times for foreign teachers

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded from edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


The Christian Science Monitor



School's closure in Japan exposes tough times for foreign teachers



The collapse of Nova might not just be Japan's largest consumer story
this year. Foreign embassies, Qantas Airlines, and local unions and
media are rallying behind students and teachers, who Sunday night set
up a "Nova Relief Fund" to help hundreds evicted on short notice from
apartments supplied by Nova. "We just need to think about the 1,300
Australians who are suddenly finding themselves out on the street
there in Japan," said Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer.





Full story:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1030/p04s01-woap.html






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