Dozens of English teachers still missing

[Steve Bildermann]

40 employees of Nova chain unaccounted for in tsunami-hit region

More than 40 English-language teachers working in Japan who may have been in areas hit by the Indian Ocean tsunamis on Dec. 26 were still unaccounted for as of Saturday.
The tally by The Japan Times was based on information provided by major English-language school operators and people teaching under the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program, through which foreigners work in local government organizations throughout the country.

The whereabouts could not be confirmed of 40 non-Japanese teachers at Nova Co., the country's largest chain of private language schools, while officials at Geos Corp. and ECC Co. each said they had two teachers still unaccounted for.

http://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,67672162,2102,f/

The Foreign Ministry has also said it does not have information on non-Japanese who live in Japan.

[American Oyaji]

This is macabre, but I wonder if that means they will be hiring rather heavily.

[Failsafe]

This is macabre, but I wonder if that means they will be hiring rather heavily.

I laughed, i'm going to hades now..

[American Oyaji]

I only thought of it cuz I'm lookin for a new job.

[FG Lurker]

This is macabre, but I wonder if that means they will be hiring rather heavily.

Yep, that is macabre alright. But someone will have to replace those who don't return...

[dimwit]

This is macabre, but I wonder if that means they will be hiring rather heavily.

Me thinks that a few of those missing Gaijin may have done a runner. Natural disasters and terrorist attacks are a wonderful opportunity for people interested in insurance fraud, escaping debt or bad job-for-visa Eikaiwas.

[FG Lurker]

Me thinks that a few of those missing Gaijin may have done a runner. Natural disasters and terrorist attacks are a wonderful opportunity for people interested in insurance fraud, escaping debt or bad job-for-visa Eikaiwas.

Yup. There will be a lot of fraudulant insurrance claims for cameras, notebooks, luggage, that kind of thing... And a few people trying to defraud life insurrance too, though that would be a lot harder than claiming for a "lost" camera...