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17 Oct 2025 NOVA Language Company Co., Ltd. (株式会社NOVAランゲージカンパニー)NOVA: order over waiving an enrolment fee that was never charged JapanMisleading advertising and pricing Order

On the website of its 'NOVA' English schools, NOVA Language Company advertised several courses, for example in September 2024, by waiving an enrolment fee of 22,000 JPY (11,000 JPY for a children's course). The company had not charged anyone such a fee over a considerable recent period; the order required a corrective notice, measures to prevent recurrence and cessation.

What organisations can take from it

A waived charge is only an advantage if it is otherwise actually charged – fictitious fees are misleading price advertising.

Relevance to training and awareness

Advertising price advantages and fee waivers correctly

Authority / court: Consumer Affairs Agency (消費者庁, CAA)
Area of law: Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
Legal basis: Art. 7 Abs. 1 i. V. m. Art. 5 Nr. 2 Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations (不当景品類及び不当表示防止法, Gesetz Nr. 134/1962)
Action: Order
Status of proceedings: unknown
Sector: Other
Published: 17 Oct 2025

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株式会社NOVAランゲージカンパニーに対する景品表示法に基づく措置命令について (Eintrag, 17.10.2025) Press release of an authority
News Release 17.10.2025 mit Maßnahmenanordnung 消表対第1556号 (PDF) Decision of an authority

Checked against the official source on 4 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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