In the off-chance that someone here is thinking of heading over to Japan and hasn't heard yet, Nova is in serious financial difficulties. Please do not accept a job with Nova. Teachers and staff haven't been paid for well over a month, all teachers have been evicted from Nova apartments and hundreds of branches are closing.

I feel the need to mention this because even though this has been big news for a couple of months, I have heard new teachers are still arriving in the country completely unaware of what is going on!

The job market is saturated with the recently unemployed 5000 Nova teachers so unless you have a job already lined up, now isn't a good time to jump on the plane over here.