Japanese Customer: English language market in Japan continues to shrink - November 2007

According to Yano Research Institute Ltd, the English language instruction market in Japan."peaked in 2003 with ¥375 billion in combined sales " and continues to shrink.
"The market is expected to drop 4.7 percent to ¥330 billion by the end of March (2008)."




Source: Nova fall just simple math: it bled red,
by KANAKO TAKAHARA
Staff writer, Japan Times, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20071106f1.html



Further reading:



Book - Understanding Change:
The Impact of In-Service Training on Teachers of English in Japan