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''Zaigai kyōiku shisetsu'' ( 在外教育施設 "Overseas educational institution"), or in English, Japanese international school or overseas Japanese school, may refer to one of three types of institutions officially classified by the
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology The , also known as MEXT or Monka-shō, is one of the eleven Ministries of Japan that composes part of the executive branch of the Government of Japan. Its goal is to improve the development of Japan in relation with the international communit ...
(MEXT or Monbushō):Mizukami, Tetsuo. ''The sojourner community lectronic resource Japanese migration and residency in Australia''. BRILL, 2007. , 9789004154797. p
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Nihonjin gakkō , also called Japanese school, is a full-day school outside Japan intended primarily for Japanese citizens living abroad. It is an expatriate school designed for children whose parents are working on diplomatic, business, or education missions o ...
'' (日本人学校), a full-time school outside Japan for the native speakers of Japanese which provides elementary and junior high school levels (with one in Shanghai also having a Japan-system senior high school). Accredited by MEXT. * ''
Hoshū jugyō kō , or are supplementary Japanese schools located in foreign countries for students living abroad with their families. ''Hoshū jugyō kō'' educate Japanese-born children who attend local day schools. They generally operate on weekends, after scho ...
'' (補習授業校) or ''Hoshūkō'' (補習校), a supplementary school outside Japan. It offers a part of
Nihonjin gakkō , also called Japanese school, is a full-day school outside Japan intended primarily for Japanese citizens living abroad. It is an expatriate school designed for children whose parents are working on diplomatic, business, or education missions o ...
's curriculum after school hours or on weekends. Accredited by MEXT. * ''Shiritsu zaigai kyōiku shisetsu'' ( 私立在外教育施設 "private overseas educational institution"), a full-time overseas campus of a Japanese private school, thus run by a Japan-based private school corporation. They may include primary school, junior high school, and/or senior high school components. Each one is accredited by Japan's MEXT.


See also

* language school, a school for non-speakers of a language (such as Japanese) to learn the language.


References

{{Overseas Japanese day schools Language schools Japanese language