AEON (eikaiwa)

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AEON (taken from the Greek word for "eternity") is one of the Big Four Japanese eikaiwa or English education companies^{[citation needed]}. It was founded in 1973 by Kiyoshi Aki, who is still company president as of 2006. AEON's corportate headquarters are in Okayama, which is also home to the teacher training center for AEON West Japan.

There are over 300 AEON branch schools throughout Japan^{[citation needed]}. AEON has three types of schools, known as types "A", "B", and "C". "A" schools accept only adult students, defined as people of high school age or older. "B" schools accept both adult and child students. "C" schools accept only child students. These children's schools are also known as Amity schools.

AEON recruits teachers year-round from offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, Toronto, and Sydney^{[citation needed]}. AEON conducts regular recruitment interviews in other major cities in the United States, Canada, Australia, and United Kingdom^{[citation needed]}.

AEON is the current name for one half of an older company^{[citation needed]}. The original company was AMVIC, meaing AMbition and VICtory. This company was founded by college roommates Kiyoshi Aki and Tsuneo Kusunoki. The company split in the eighties as the partners developed different visions of the company's future. Mr. Aki went on to create AEON focusing on language learning in Japan^{[citation needed]}, while Mr. Kusunoki created GEOS^{[citation needed]}, focusing on global language learning; one of AEON's biggest competitors.

AEON is not affiliated with the Aeon Group, a major Japanese retail and financial services corporation.