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 Benesse Corporation and subsidiary Berlitz Japan, Inc. have signed a deal with the Young Entrepreneurs'Organization, Japan (YEO Japan) to provide personnel training programs supervised by Globis Corporation.

Background
Since its establishment, YEO Japan has offered and run a range of educational programs to help grow the businesses of its members, support personal development and build business networks. However, with rapid globalization in recent years, there is a growing need for language training courses to help business people become more effective on the global stage, through improved communication at international business meetings, stronger negotiating abilities with overseas business leaders and other skills.

Against this backdrop, the current and eighth president of YEO Japan, Noboru Hachimine, has advocated the need for language training courses as part of efforts to foster the next generation of global business leaders. Benesse and Berlitz Japan have been awarded a comprehensive contract to supply these courses to YEO Japan, underpinned by their track record of international support for people and companies through businesses such as Benesse's Global Test of English Communication (GTEC) and Berlitz's international network of around 500 language centers in 60 countries. The contract covers everything from planning and development to actual course operation. These training courses will not only seek to enhance the language skills of Japanese business people, they will also include a unique curriculum supervised by Globis that uses cross-cultural lectures and other methods to improve international communication and management skills.

The deal with YEO Japan, an organization representing some of Japan's leading young entrepreneurs, gives impetus to moves by Benesse and Berlitz Japan to expand the customer base for their education and training services business. Benesse will also explore the possibility of a future tie-up with Globis in the personnel training support field.

About YEO Japan
YEO is a volunteer group of business professionals, all of whom are under 40 years of age and are the owners, founders, co-founders, or controlling shareholders of a company with annual sales of US$1 million (\100 million) or more. YEO has a network of 104 chapters in 35 countries around the world, boasting a membership of more than 4,700. YEO Japan, the first chapter to be established in Asia in 1995, has a total of 150 members, 15 of whom have publicly listed their companies.

Course Details
Name: "Executive Excursion"
Duration: August 19, 2004 ~ August 22, 2004 (3 days, 4 nights)
Location: Kobuchisawa, Yamanashi Prefecture
Organizer: YEO Japan
Operators: Benesse Corporation/Berlitz Japan, Inc.
Supervisor: Globis Corporation (see profile below)
Participants: 16 (planned)
Content:
-English-language lectures on global business and culture
-Language lessons
-English-language presentation skills training
-Other training support


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Profile of Globis Corporation
Globis operates five businesses aimed at driving continuous innovation and change in society by building business infrastructure for "people, money and knowledge," assets used in business management. These five businesses are: the Globis Management School; Globis Organizational Learning, providing organization development and human resources training services; the Globis Management Institute, conducting research into management technology and publishing related material; Globis Capital Partners; and Globis Management Bank, supplying management-level human resources. Globis has already educated more than 20,000 business people through its three business schools in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya and correspondence courses. For more information point your browser to the Globis website athttp://www.globis.co.jp/english/