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neighbourhood. Ricardo Braginski of '' Clarín'' wrote that the school represented the community of Japanese descent in Buenos Aires.

History

The origins date from 1922. The Nichia Gakuin school began offering courses in 1927 and the bilingual day school was first established in 1938. Its initial location was Patagones 84.Artículos Nichia Gakuin
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It reopened in 1947 and took the formal name "Instituto Privado Argentino-Japonés" in 1978. It moved to its current Yatay campus in 1984.

References

* Ashihara, Kyoko (葦原恭子 ''Ashihara Kyōko''; Associate Professor Global Education Center,

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Current Status and Issues of Japanese Language Education in Argentine : The Case of Instituto Privado Argentino Japones en Buenos Aires
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