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Osaka Prefecture
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Curriculum
The school's curriculum covers both North and South Korea, and this applies to its Korean history and language classes. Most of the school's classes are taught in Japanese. In 2014 the school's vice principal, Om Chang Joon, stated that many parents felt that North and South Korea-aligned schools should not be copying the curriculum found in Korea, and that is why KIS developed its own curriculum.[Eto, Fukashi.]
Osaka school offers new approach to education for ethnic Koreans
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The school has Japanese, Korean, and English language classes.[Nakamura, Akemi.]
Flexible and diverse, international schools thrive
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Student body
As of 2014 the school had 86 students. Most of them were ethnic Koreans, some of whom had previously lived outside Japan and later returned, while a few were ethnic Japanese.[
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See also
Japanese international schools in South Korea:
* Japanese School in Seoul
The Japanese School in Seoul (ソウル日本人学校, ''Souru Nihonjin Gakkō'', 서울일본인학교) is a Japanese international school located in the Sangam-dong neighborhood of Mapo District, Seoul, for the children of Japanese citizens resi ...
* Busan Japanese School
, formerly known in English as Pusan Japanese School (PJS), is a Japanese international school in Suyeong District, Busan, South Korea, from central Busan, and in proximity to Gwangalli Beach (a.k.a. Gwangan Beach). The Busan Japanese School is ...
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