Aeon (eikaiwa)

This article is about the chain of Eikaiwa schools in Japan. For the Japanese group of retail and financial services companies, see Æon Group. For other uses, see Aeon (disambiguation).
Aeon Corporation of Japan
株式会社イーオン
Company typeKabushiki kaisha
IndustryLanguage instruction
FoundedTokushima, Japan (1973)
HeadquartersOkayama, Japan
Key people
Kiyoshi Aki (Chairman and CEO)
Websitehttp://www.aeonet.com/
http://www.aeonet.co.jp (in Japanese)

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.[3]

In November 2013 it was reported that Aeon had approximately 100,000 students studying English.[4]

  1. ^ Seargeant, Philip (2005). ""More English than England itself": the simulation of authenticity in foreign language practice in Japan". International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 15 (3): 326–345. doi:10.1111/j.1473-4192.2005.00094.x.
  2. ^ "'Eikaiwa' vets look beyond Big Four". Japan Times. 2007-07-31. Archived from the original on 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
  3. ^ "会社情報│英会話 Aeon 企業情報".
  4. ^ Japan Times Six years following bankruptcy, Nova boosts the brand November 3, 2013