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, South Africa.

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The Nippon Club of South Africa (日本人会 ''Nihonjin-kai''), a Johannesburg-based organisation, sponsors the school to encourage Japanese businesspeople to bring their families to Johannesburg. The club had been established in 1961 to assist Japanese companies operating in Johannesburg. It was responsible for the early development and promotion of the Japanese School of Johannesburg. The

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financially subsidises the school, while the land used for the school was provided by the

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. It opened in 1966. In its early days, up until around 1980, the school faced harassment and opposition from community residents.Osada, p
157
"The Japanese School, which was established in 1966, experienced constant harassment until around 1980 ... The school later moved to another suburb. There too, windows and equipment were often smashed and "Jap" was repeatedly scribbled on the wall." The school had to close its

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location because of a hostile campaign in 1968. It re-opened in February 1969 under restrictions including limiting the size of the student body to 30. In one suburb, the school was a frequent target of vandalism and racist graffiti. The lawsuit ''Evans v Japanese School of Johannesburg'' was filed in 2006. The applicant said that she was told that when she turned 63 years of age, she was required to retire, and accused her job loss of being unfair.''Annual Survey of South African Law 2006'', p
623
"The applicant in Evans v Japanese School of Johannesburg (2006) 27 ILJ 2607 (LC), 00612 BLLR 1146 was told to retire when she reached the age of 63 years. She also claimed that her dismissal was automatically unfair, and in addition ..

References

* ''African Affairs, Volume 86''.

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, 1987. * ''Annual Survey of South African Law, 2006'' (contributor:

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. Faculty of Law). Juta., 2006. * Morikawa, Jun. ''Japan and Africa: Big Business and Diplomacy''. Africa World Press, 1 January 1997. , 9780865435773. * Osada, Masako. ''Sanctions and Honorary Whites: Diplomatic Policies and Economic Realities in Relations Between Japan and South Africa''.

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, 2002. , 9780313318771. * Payne, Richard. "The nonsuperpowers and South Africa: implications for U.S. policy."

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, 1990. , 9780253342942. * ''Peace Studies'' (平和研究 ''Heiwa Kenkyū''), Issue 10. The Peace Studies Association of Japan (日本平和学会 ''Nihon Heiwa Gakkai''), 1985.

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