Benesse Holdings, Inc. operates as an education company. The company operates through Domestic Education, Overseas Education, Lifestyle, Senior/Nursing Care, Language/Global Leadership Training, and Others segments. The Domestic Education segment offers Shinkenzemi and Kodomo Challenge correspondence courses; various education programs for senior high schools comprising Shinken Simulated Exams and Study Support, a learning assessment study aid; and preschool and elementary school English-learning materials, as well as operates cram and prep schools. The Overseas Education segment provides correspondence courses for preschool children in China, Taiwan, and South Korea. The Lifestyle segment publishes magazines that deal with pregnancy, childbirth, and child rearing; provides mail-order services; and operates and manages Websites. The Senior/Nursing Care segment provides visiting home care services, home help services, training courses for nursing care personnel, and staff placement and personnel dispatch services; and operates childcare facilities, as well as approximately 238 nursing homes for the elderly. The Language/Global Leadership Training segment operates approximately 550 language schools worldwide, as well as provides translation and interpreting services for international conferences. The Others segment is involved in telemarketing, computer data processing, and system development and sales businesses. The company is also involved in the provision of advertising, home food-delivery, office operational management, outsourcing, and support services; hotel and campsite operation and management; rights management of music publications; insurance agency business; and general trading and quality assurance business related to educational equipment, toys, and other items. The company was formerly known as Benesse Corporation and changed its name to Benesse Holdings, Inc. in 2009. Benesse Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Okayama, Japan.
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