Mercy Global EducationTokyo · Florida
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Online Education · Est. 2016

The key to a life of one's own.
True success, for every child.

A Japanese supplementary school, live group lessons for families in the United States, and one-on-one tutoring. Three services, so that where a family lives never decides whether a child can keep learning.

Our Services Teach with us
34countries Where our students live
3services Schools in operation

Tokyo, Japan / St. Petersburg, Florida

01 Services

Three services with different ways of learning, run by one team.

Group lessons for families who want their child to keep pace with a grade level, one-on-one for those who need help with a single stubborn topic. Families choose whichever fits.

01 Japanese supplementary school

Success Academy

An online Japanese supplementary school for children with Japanese roots growing up abroad.

success-j-academy.com
  • AgesPreschool – Grade 9
  • FormatGroup lessons
  • LanguageJapanese
02 Group lessons, United States

BrightBe Learning

Math and ELA for families living in the United States.

brightbelearning.com
  • AgesPre-K – Grade 6
  • FormatGroup lessons
  • FundingESA approved in 4 states
03 One-on-one tutoring

BrightBe One

A platform for one-on-one lessons with vetted tutors. From math, science and English to world languages, booked as often as a family needs.

brightbeone.com
  • SubjectsAcademics & languages
  • FormatOne-on-one
  • PricingFrom $15 / 25 min, pay per lesson

Our Philosophy

TRUE SUCCESSforALL

素直に、正直に、努力して

小悟を重ね、大志を成す

Be honest, be sincere, and work — small realizations, gathered patiently,
are what carry a person toward something large.

02 Our Story

It began with parents asking how their children could keep learning in Japanese while living abroad.

A place to learn that doesn't depend
on where you live.

Outside Japan, options for Japanese-language education are limited, and many families never find teaching they can rely on. In 2020 we began as a single online school.

Requests followed — for subjects beyond Japanese, and for one-on-one attention rather than a group. We built services to meet them. Today families in 34 countries choose between three different ways of learning with us.

03 Leadership

Yukie Minami

Founder

She founded the company in 2016 as a neighborhood tutoring school for elementary and middle school students, after directing a cram school branch. Over twenty years in education, she has kept teaching herself alongside running the business.

  • B.A. in Education, Kobe University
  • Licensed teacher
  • 20+ years in education

Anju Minami

CEO

She joined to launch Success Academy in 2020, drawing on ten years in New York and conversations with families raising children overseas. She now leads the company across all three services.

  • American Language Program, Columbia University
  • B.A. in Psychology, Hunter College, CUNY
  • Graduate study in Computer Science, University of Pennsylvania
04 Milestones

Milestones

2016

Mercy G.K. founded in Japan

Started as a neighborhood tutoring school for elementary and middle school students.

2020

Success Academy launched

Started as an online school for children with Japanese roots living outside Japan.

2021

Curriculum expanded

Beyond language arts and math, classes were added to widen what children take an interest in.

2022

English-taught English classes introduced

Added to help children returning to Japan hold on to the English they had built abroad.

2023

Students in more than 15 countries

Classrooms grew to hold children from an increasingly wide range of backgrounds.

2025

Mercy Global Education LLC established

A U.S. entity was set up in Florida to serve families in the United States.

2026

BrightBe Learning and BrightBe One launch

Group lessons for U.S. families and one-on-one tutoring joined the company, bringing it to three services.

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