Link Interac Inc. is a Japanese comprehensive educational consultation company, founded in 1972. The name is an

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for ''International Education Research and Analysis Corporation'', although the company has never operated under that name. Interac originally concentrated on teaching

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, then shifted focus to providing

Assistant Language Teacher An Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) is a foreign national serving as an assistant teacher (paraprofessional educator) in a Japanese classroom, particularly for English. The term was created by the Japanese Ministry of Education at the time of the ...

s (ALTs) to public elementary, middle, and high schools. Interac provides teachers to schools around Japan. The company has fifteen domestic branches within Japan, with associated offices in Salt Lake City and Oxford. There are approximately 100 administrative staff, and a teaching team of over 2500 ALTs and language teachers for English and other languages. Interac is Japan’s largest private provider of professional foreign teachers to the Japanese government through its ALT program. As one of the largest non-government employers of foreign nationals in Japan they employ nearly 3,500 staff in Japan across a network of 13 offices. Around 3,200 of these employees are non-Japanese. Interac began as a provider of corporate educational services but from the mid-nineties began providing ALTs and education-related services to Boards of Education across Japan. In April 2014, Interac became part of the Link and Motivation Group (TSE:2170). The Link and Motivation Group has a range of interests and subsidiaries in the business consultancy, education, recruiting, and hospitality sectors in Japa

Clients

Link Interac has fifteen branches servicing over 7000 different client organizations. Mostly these are local boards of education to whom Interac provides ALTs. The scope of this teaching in public schools is quite large, and the estimate based on government figures is that about 17.33%, or 1 in 5.76 students, is taught by an Interac teacher weekly. About 10% of its business is in providing language instruction to companies such as

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, and

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, as well as Japanese governmental organizations such as the

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Ownership

From 2010 to 2014, Interac was owned by Advantage Partners. Since April 2014, Interac has become part of Link & Motivation Inc (TSE:2170). The official company name "Interac" was changed to Link Interac Inc. after joining Link and Motivation Inc.

Union representation

In western Japan some Interac teachers are represented by the

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. In southern Japan Interac teachers are represented by the Fukuoka General Union. In the Tokyo area and north eastern Japan, Interac teachers are unionized in "Zenkoku Ippan Tokyo General Union Tozen ALTs"

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. In Hokkaido, Interac teachers are represented by the Hokkaido ALT Union.Hokkaido ALT Union websit
Hokkaido ALT Union
Retrieved May 18, 2021

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