TOKYO, Oct 17 (News On Japan) –
The operator of English dialog college NOVA has been ordered by the Consumer Affairs Agency to implement corrective measures after the corporate was discovered to have misled shoppers with false promoting about enrollment charges.
According to the company, NOVA Language Company marketed on its web site between September final yr and April this yr that enrollment charges for sure NOVA programs — usually listed as 22,000 yen — had been being supplied at half worth and even freed from cost.
However, an investigation revealed that there had been no document of the corporate providing the programs on the unique worth throughout the related interval. Because of this, the marketing campaign was deemed to have violated Japan’s Act in opposition to Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations, which prohibits companies from creating false impressions about reductions or particular presents.
On October seventeenth, the Consumer Affairs Agency issued a proper order demanding NOVA take steps to forestall related incidents sooner or later. In response, NOVA Language Company launched a press release saying, “We take this matter seriously and will respond promptly.”
Source: TBS