Genki Japanese and Culture School
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Genki Global Company Information

Genki Japanese and Culture School is operated by Genki Global, Inc.

Date of establishment: December 5, 2007

Starting capital: 1,000,000 yen

CEO: Evan Kirby

Directors: Rie Kirby, Hiroko Kobayashi

Business details:

GenkiJACS Ethical Business Practices

GenkiJACS operates on the principle of treating customers and employees fairly, equally, and honestly. We strive to always be ethical, above and beyond what is required by law, in our business dealings.

Employment Benefits

In employment, we aim to hire as many staff as possible on full-time contracts, to ensure that they can earn a comfortable living. To this end, we have more full-time staff than schools much larger than us.
We provide full benefits for all contract staff, and in addition to Japanese national health insurance, we purchase additional insurance for all staff (including temporary staff) to further increase their benefits.
We always pay all overtime, without exception. This is of course required by Japanese law, but in our experience, many schools and indeed many other business in Japan avoid paying overtime through exploiting a variety of loopholes

The GenkiJACS Pledge:

We pledge to:

Charitable Donations

We donate a minimum of 5% of our yearly net profit to charity, and usually a lot more than 5%! In 2010, we donated to the following charities:

The last of those, Mother's House, is a home for abused or abandoned children in Kitakyushu. As family structures in Japan are so strong, in many cases abused children are taken in by other members of the same family. This means that there are fewer children in this kind of facility than in most other countries. But it also means that the funds provided to support this kind of home are very low. We visited Mother's House, and were struck by the need for more clothes and toys, but also by how well-adjusted the children there seemed, proof of the great work that the staff there do. We're proud to be able to support all of these organizations not just morally, but financially too. Living in Japan, it's easy to forget that there are parts of the world, and even parts of Japan, where people struggle every day with terrible burdens. We hope to be able to do more in the coming years to help.

 

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