	In 2010, the company was purchased by the cram school operator because they wanted to move into the teaching of 5th- and 6th-grade students due to the new compulsory English teaching at that age level. At that time, it operated 199 schools in the Kantō region — of which 46 were franchised—and had four subsidiaries: Shane Corporation Japan, Shane Corporation Kita Kanto, Shane Corporation Higashi Kanto, and Shane Corporation Minami Kanto.