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The Nova Collapse: Foreigners Get Mixed Results From Joining Unions in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Oscar Johnson
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In a country teeming with cute cartoon characters, few are cuter or better known than the Nova bunny. The pink mascot stood in the doorways of language schools across Japan, promising a short educational encounter with an exotic foreigner. But now thousands of teachers and students have found to their cost that the bunny bites. Hard.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 5 , Issue 11 , November 2007 , e6
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