Though forewarned of their language school's financial woes, students Friday reacted to the news of Nova Corp.'s bankruptcy with shock and disappointment.
Some said they were satisfied with their lessons but unhappy and upset with management.
Ryotaro Oba, 47, of Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, a Nova student for more than a decade, learned of Nova's financial collapse from the morning news. Oba was soon to transfer from the Gakugei Daigaku school on the Toyoko line to the Jiyugaoka school two stations away due to the school's streamlining of branches.