is a public

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run by the

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. The campus is located in

Toyama Toyama may refer to: Places and organizations * Toyama Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan located in the Hokuriku region on the main Honshu island * Toyama, Toyama, the capital city of Toyama Prefecture * Toyama Station, the main station of Toyama, ...

3-chome,

Shinjuku is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world (Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration ...

-ku, Tokyo. It has been designated as a

Super Science High School Super Science High School (SSH) is a designation awarded by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) to upper secondary schools that prioritize science, technology, and mathematics. The program was launched ...

(SSH) by the

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(MEXT). It has also been designated as part of the Team Medical (TM) project run by the

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education (東京都教育委員会 ''Tōkyō-to Kyōiku Iinkai'') is the board of education in Tokyo, Japan. The board directly manages all of the public high schools in all 23 special wards, the Western T ...

(a project where students who wish to go on to

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form a team).

Education policy

*Develop your own personality *Respect effort and take responsibility *Enrich your mind and keep your body healthy

Tokyo Metropolitan Toyama High School Scenery From The Roof

File:Tokyo Metropolitan Toyama High School 7.JPG, The school in 2006 File:Tokyo Metropolitan Toyama High School 2.JPG, New school building based on white scheme File:Tokyo Metropolitan Toyama High School 3.JPG, Open space in the atrium by a staircase

Recent timeline

* 2004 — Becomes the first metropolitan high school to be designated as a Super Science High School by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (designated period is 3 years) * 2007 — Designated for the second term as a Super Science High School (designated period is 5 years) * 2012 — Starts a 2-year transitional period as a Super Science High School * 2014 — Designated for the third term as a Super Science High School (designated period is 5 years) * 2016 — Designated as a Team Medical (TM) school * 2017 — 130th anniversary of the school's foundation. A commemorative ceremony is held in September. Renovation work of the martial arts building starts * 2019 — Designated for the fourth term as a Super Science High School (up to 2023)

Access

* 1 minute on foot from Nishi-waseda Station on the

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. * 10 minutes on foot from

Takadanobaba Station is a railway station in the Takadanobaba area of Tokyo's Shinjuku ward, situated between the commercial districts of Ikebukuro and Shinjuku. The station is a major commuting hub, linking the Seibu Shinjuku Line, Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line and Yama ...

on the

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, and

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Notable alumni

* Tadatoshi Fujimaki (

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) *

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(actor) * Tomoyuki Hoshino (author) * Kiyoshi Jinzai (novelist) *

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(actress) * Hiroshi Komiyama (scientist) *

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(author and politician) *

Ichiro Miyashita is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Nagoya, Aichi and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he worked at The Sumitomo Bank from ...

(politician) * Tadashi Sasaki (banker) *

Hideo Shima was a Japanese engineer and the driving force behind the building of the first bullet train (Shinkansen). Shima was born in Osaka in 1901, and educated at the Tokyo Imperial University, where he studied Mechanical Engineering. His father was p ...

(engineer) *

Mitsuru Yoshida Mitsuru Yoshida (吉田満 ''Yoshida Mitsuru'' January 6, 1923 – September 17, 1979) was a Japanese author and naval officer. He was born in Tokyo. He was a survivor of the battleship ''Yamato'' when it was sunk on 7 April 1945 during Operat ...

(author)

References

Website of Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education

Minkou site

External links

Zyuken.net website
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