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Aeon (株式会社イーオン, Kabushikigaisha Īon) is a chain of English conversation teaching companies in Japan. [1] It is considered one of the historical "Big Four" eikaiwa schools . [ 2 ] The company operates 320 branch schools throughout Japan, and maintains staff recruitment offices in New York City and Los Angeles .
AEON-Amity, commonly known as Amity is a chain of private English schools in Japan.It operates independently from the larger AEON corporation since 1994. AEON schools primarily focus on adult students, whereas Amity schools cater predominantly to children, ranging from babies to teenagers.
This text would later become influential in shaping the methods of teaching and learning English in Japan. Yokohama Academy, one of the first English schools, was founded in Japan by the Bakufu in 1865 where American missionaries such as James Curtis Hepburn taught there. By the year 1874, there were 91 foreign language schools in Japan, out of ...
GEOS (株式会社ジオス, Kabushiki Kaisha Jiosu) was one of the Big Four [1] private eikaiwa, or English conversation teaching companies, in Japan. Its extensive network of overseas schools made it the world's largest language school chain. [citation needed] The firm went into bankruptcy in Japan on April 20, 2010. [2]
Gaba Corporation (株式会社 GABA, Kabushikigaisha Gaba) is a chain of eikaiwa schools (English conversation schools) in Japan.The company was founded in July 1995 [2] [3] and is currently headquartered in Shinjuku Ward in Tokyo with learning studios in the Tokyo, Chiba, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, and Fukuoka areas.
Eikaiwa kyōshitsu (英会話教室) or Eikaiwa gakkō (英会話学校) [1] are English conversation schools, usually privately operated, in Japan. It is a combination of the word eikaiwa (英会話, English language conversation) and gakkō (学校, school) or kyōshitsu (教室, classroom).
Japanese exhibitor Aeon Entertainment and Vietnam’s Beta Media have inked a deal to form a joint venture, aiming to build and operate a premium cinema chain across Vietnam. The partnership also ...
Aki's company became Aeon, focusing on language learning in Japan. He remains Aeon's chairman as of 2010. [1] Kusunoki's company became GEOS, focusing on global language learning with focus on English language education. GEOS and Aeon remained competitors until April 2010 when GEOS filed for bankruptcy protection. [2]