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intended primarily for Japanese citizens living abroad. It is an

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school designed for children whose parents are working on diplomatic, business, or education missions overseas and have plans to repatriate to Japan. The schools offer exactly the same

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used in public elementary and

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s in Japan, so when the students go back to Japan, they will not fall behind in the class. Some schools accept Japanese

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s only; others welcome Japanese speaking students regardless of citizenship. They are accredited by Japan's Ministry of education and science and receive funding from the

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. There were 85 schools worldwide as of April 2006, and all of these schools provide English classes in the primary education. Every school hires teachers from Japan on a two- to three-year assignment, but they also hire people from the local community as Japanese-speaking teachers, English and other language instructors, administrative assistants, gardeners, janitors and security guards. ''Nihonjin gakkō'' serve elementary school and junior high school.Mizukami, Tetsuo. ''The sojourner community lectronic resource Japanese migration and residency in Australia'' (Volume 10 of Social sciences in Asia, v. 10).

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One ''nihonjin gakkō'', Shanghai Japanese School, has a senior high school program. Schools that partially offer the nihonjin gakkō's curriculum after school hours or on weekends are sometimes called Japanese schools, too, but strictly speaking they are categorized as '' hoshū jugyō kō'' or ''hoshūkō'', a supplementary school. Overseas Japanese schools operated by private educational institutions are not classified as nihonjin gakkō, but instead as .

History

Some of the ''nihonjin gakkō'' in

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have a long history, originally established as public schools in the Japan-occupied territories in

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, and

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. As Japan recovered after

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, increased numbers of Japanese international schools serving elementary and junior high school levels opened around the world.Iwasaki, Toshio. "Japanese Schools Take Root Overseas." '' Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry''. Japan Economic Foundation (JEF, ''Kokusai Keizai Kōryū Zaidan''), No. 5, 1991. Contributed to

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"The number of overseas elementary and junior high schools for Japanese children has increased in postwar years in parallel with the growth of the Japanese economy and the surge in the number of Japanese corporate employees dispatched abroad. However, there was no senior Japanese high school outside Japan until Rikkyo School in England was founded in 1972 in the suburbs of London. It remained the only overseas Japanese senior high school for the next 14 years." The first postwar Japanese overseas school was the Japanese School of Bangkok, which opened in 1956. Fukuda, Makiko.
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at ''Revistes Catalanes amb Accés Obert'' (RACO). p. 216. "Des que es va establir el col.legi japones de Bangkok l'any 1956, actualment sumen 83 escoles a 50 paisos d' arreu del món." and "El seu currículum escolar segueix el que disposa el Ministeri perque els nens no trobin inconvenients quan tornin al Japó (Goodman, 1993). Amb alguna excepció, la majoria no són oberts als nens no japonesos" and "La llengua vehicular d'instrucció és el japones, i generalment, s'imparteixen les classes de la llengua local, juntament amb les d'angles." and "S'observa una certa tendencia depenent de l'area: en els pa'isos asiatics, o de Proxim i Mig Orient, s'observa una tendencia a triar els col.legis japonesos, mentre que a Europa i als Estats Units la majoria prefereixen enviar els nens a escoles locals." Colegi japones st cugat Valles 6642

The Ministry of Education of Japan, as of 1985, encouraged the development of ''nihonjin gakkō'', in

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, while it encouraged the opening of '' hoshū jugyō kō'', or part-time supplementary schools, in

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. However, some Japanese parents in developed countries, in addition to those in developing countries, campaigned for the opening of ''nihonjin gakkō'' in developed countries due to concern about the education of their children.Goodman, Roger. "The changing perception and status of '' kikokushijo''." In: Goodman, Roger, Ceri Peach, Ayumi Takenaka, and Paul White (editors). ''Global Japan: The Experience of Japan's New Immigrant and Overseas Communities''.

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"Official policy (see Monbusho, 1985) was that Nihonjingakko should be set up in developing countries, hoshuko in the developed world." In 1971, there were 22 ''nihonjin gakkō'' worldwide. During the postwar rapid economic growth in the 1950s to early 1970s and the

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in the 1980s, the country gained economic power and many

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s and major industries sent their employees all over the world. That was when many ''nihonjin gakko'' were established to educate their children in Asia,

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. The number of ''nihonjin gakkō'' increased to 80 in 1986 with the opening of Japanese schools in

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. As of May of that year 968 teachers from Japan were teaching at these Japanese schools worldwide. That month 15,811 students were enrolled in those schools. The number of ''nihonjin gakkō'' increased to 82 by 1987. In the early 1980s, 40% of Japanese national children living in Europe attended ''nihonjin gakkō'', while almost 95% of Japanese national children living abroad in Asia attended ''nihonjin gakkō''. Many Japanese parents abroad sent their children to Japan to attend high school after they completed the junior high school abroad, or leaving the children behind, so they could become accustomed to the difficult Japanese university entrance systems. Toshio Iwasaki, the editor of the '' Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry'', stated that this reason inhibited the development of Japanese senior high schools in other countries. The first overseas international schools that served the senior high school level were the

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Rikkyo School in England is a Japanese boarding primary and secondary school in Rudgwick, Horsham District, West Sussex. The school uses the Japanese curriculum, and the '' Lycée Seijo'' in France, which opened in 1986. By 1991 Japanese international senior high schools were in operation in the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Germany, Denmark, and Ireland. By 1991 many overseas Japanese high schools were accepting students who were resident in Japan, and some wealthier families in Japan chose to send their children to Japanese schools abroad instead of Japanese schools in Japan.Iwasaki, Toshio. "Japanese Schools Take Root Overseas." '' Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry''. Japan Economic Foundation (JEF, ''Kokusai Keizai Kōryū Zaidan''), No. 5, 1991. Contributed to

by the JEF. p. 25. While Japan was experiencing a major

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called the Lost Decade in the 1990s, so were ''nihonjin gakkō''. Many of them were closed due to a dramatic decrease in enrollment. With its rapidly growing economy, China is an exception. Schools in

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and have been expanding and new schools had founded in

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since 1991. By 2004 there were 83 Japanese day schools in 50 countries.

Characteristics

''Nihonjin gakkō'' use Japanese as their language of instruction. The curriculum is approved by the Japanese

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(MEXT) so that students may easily adjust upon returning to Japan. For foreign language classes, each school usually teaches English and, if different, a major local language of the country. Most ''nihonjin gakkō'' do not admit people lacking Japanese citizenship. This practice differs from those of American and British international schools, which do admit students of other nationalities. ''Nihonjin gakkō'' usually use the Japanese academic calendar instead of those of their host countries.

Tendencies

As of 2005–2007, parents of Japanese nationality residing in the United States and Europe, as well as other industrialized and developed regions,Mizukami, Tetsuo. ''The sojourner community lectronic resource Japanese migration and residency in Australia'' (Volume 10 of Social sciences in Asia, v. 10).

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generally prefer local schools over ''nihonjin gakkō'', while Japanese parents in Asia and the Middle East prefer ''nihonjin gakkō''. In 2003 11,579 Japanese students living in Asia (outside Japan) attended full-time Japanese schools, making up more than 70% of the Japanese students in Asia.Mizukami, Tetsuo. ''The sojourner community lectronic resource Japanese migration and residency in Australia'' (Volume 10 of Social sciences in Asia, v. 10).

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In Oceania, 194 Japanese pupils attended full-time Japanese schools, making up 7.7% of the total Japanese students in Oceania.Mizukami, Tetsuo. ''The sojourner community lectronic resource Japanese migration and residency in Australia'' (Volume 10 of Social sciences in Asia, v. 10).

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In North America there were 502 students at full-time Japanese schools, making up 2.4% of Japanese pupils on that continent. As of 2007, there were a total of three ''nihonjin gakkō'' on the U.S. mainland recognized by MEXT.Kano, Naomi. "Japanese Community Schools: New Pedagogy for a Changing Population" (Chapter 6). In: García, Ofelia, Zeena Zakharia, and Bahar Otcu (editors). ''Bilingual Community Education and Multilingualism: Beyond Heritage Languages in a Global City'' (Volume 89 of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism). Multilingual Matters, 2012. , 9781847698001. START: p
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Since the early 1990s, more parents have chosen a local school or an

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over ''nihonjin gakkō''. Reasons include: * The parents prefer for their children to receive education in English; *''Nihonjin gakkō'' have only elementary and

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program as well as a high school program, but they are uncommon. Children educated in an English-speaking environment will be able to continue their education where they live with their parents. Those who choose not to participate in the local education system will need to pass an entrance exam to enroll in a boarding school in Japan or one of the seven (as of October 2006) '' Shiritsu zaigai kyōiku shisetsu'' ( 私立在外教育施設), Japanese boarding schools worldwide. * The parents' desire to acculturate their children; * Many private and public Japanese schools have become flexible and accept expatriate students via a separate admissions system, or by offering exams in English.

Locations

''Nihonjin gakkō'' tend to be in the following types of areas in the world: * Those with a large Japanese temporary resident population, such as

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. * Those where English is not the official language, such as

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** Manila Japanese School (

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** Thai-Japanese Association School (

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Central and South America

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** Asociación Cultural y Educativa Japonesa (, "Japanese School of

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

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Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

** Escola Japonesa de Manaus ** Escola Japonesa de São Paulo ** Sociedade Civil de Divulgação Cultural e Educacional Japonesa do Rio de Janeiro *

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

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Lo Barnechea Lo Barnechea is a commune located in the northeastern zone of Santiago de Chile, northeastern sector of the province of Santiago. Its urban boundaries include Los Andes, Chile, Los Andes of the Valparaíso Region, Valparaíso region to the north, ...

, Santiago Province,

Santiago Metropolitan Region Santiago Metropolitan Region () is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions. It is the country's only landlocked administrative region and contains the nation's capital, Santiago. Most commercial and administrative centers are loc ...

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

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Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

** Escuela Japonesa de San José -

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San José Province San José () is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the central part of the country, and borders (clockwise beginning in the north) the provinces of Alajuela, Heredia, Limón, Cartago and Puntarenas. The provincial and national capi ...

Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...

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Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...

** Escuela Japonesa de Panamá *

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

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Asunción Asunción (, ) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of Asunción in the north ...

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Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

** Asociación "Academia de Cultura Japonesa" (Lima) *

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

** Colegio Japonés de

Caracas Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern p ...

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Europe

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

** Japanese International School in Vienna *

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

** The Japanese School of Brussels *

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

** Japanese School in Prague *

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

** Institut Culturel Franco-Japonais (near

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

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Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

** Japanische Internationale Schule zu Berlin e.V. ** Japanische Internationale Schule in Düsseldorf e.V. ** Japanische International Schule Frankfurt am Main e.V. ** Japanische Schule in Hamburg e.V. ** Japanische Internationale Schule Munich e.V. ** ''formerly: Toin Gakuen Schule Deutschland'' *

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

** The Budapest Japanese School *

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

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Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

** Scuola Giapponese di Roma -

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** Japanese School of Amsterdam ** Japanese School of Rotterdam *

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

** Japanese School in Warsaw *

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

** Scoala Japoneza Bucuresti *

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

Japanese School in Moscow Japanese School in Moscow (, ''Mosukuwa Nihonjin Gakkō'') is a Japanese international school located in Lomonosovsky District, South-Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It was established in 1967. It occupies the fourth and fifth floors of i ...

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

** Japanese School of Barcelona ** Colegio Japones de Madrid *

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** Japanische Schule in Zürich *

** ''See Middle East'' *

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** Teikyo School United Kingdom **

Rikkyo School in England is a Japanese boarding primary and secondary school in Rudgwick, Horsham District, West Sussex. The school uses the Japanese curriculum,The Japanese School in London

Africa

** Cairo Japanese School *

Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...

** The Nairobi Japanese School *

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

** The Japanese School of Johannesburg

Oceania

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The Japanese School in Perth __NOTOC__ The , abbreviated to JSP, is a Japanese international school located in City Beach within the Town of Cambridge of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. The school opened in 1977. Historically the school was located on the ...

The Japanese School of Melbourne is a Japanese international school located in Caulfield South, Victoria in the Melbourne area.Welcome t ...

** Sydney Japanese School *

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(U.S.) ** See North America

Former locations

Africa: * Algeria ** ''École japonaise d'Alger'' () -

Algiers Algiers is the capital city of Algeria as well as the capital of the Algiers Province; it extends over many Communes of Algeria, communes without having its own separate governing body. With 2,988,145 residents in 2008Census 14 April 2008: Offi ...

- Designated on January 11, 1978 (Showa 53), certified on January 12, 1994 (Heisei 6), revoked March 29, 2002 (Heisei 14) * Nigeria **

Lagos Lagos ( ; ), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and on ...

Japanese School () - Designated and certified on March 1, 1975 (Showa 50), revoked March 29, 2002 (Heisei 14) Asia (excluding Middle East): * India **

Calcutta Kolkata, also known as Calcutta (List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern ba ...

Japanese School () - Designated on March 30, 1976 (Showa 51), certified on December 18, 1992 (Heisei 4), revoked March 29, 2002 (Heisei 14). * Indonesia **

Medan Medan ( , ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of North Sumatra. The nearby Strait of Malacca, Port of Belawan, and Kualanamu International Airport make Medan a regional hub and multi ...

Japanese International School or Medan Japanese School (メダン日本人学校, )学校の概要
(School Outline). Medan Japanese School. May 15, 2001. Retrieved on January 13, 2019. "施設概要敷地面積 1，880m2 校舎延べ面積 481．88m2" *** It was affiliated with the Japanese Consulate General in Medan, and occupied a building on a property. It originated as a supplementary school in the consulate's library that opened in April 1972 ( Showa 49). A committee to establish a new day school was created in 1978 (Showa 54), and in January 1979 (Showa 55) the school remodeled an existing building for this purpose. The school opened in April 1979. It closed in March 1998. Middle East (excluding Africa): * Iraq **

Baghdad Baghdad ( or ; , ) is the capital and List of largest cities of Iraq, largest city of Iraq, located along the Tigris in the central part of the country. With a population exceeding 7 million, it ranks among the List of largest cities in the A ...

Japanese School () * Kuwait **

Kuwait Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in West Asia and the geopolitical region known as the Middle East. It is situated in the northern edge of the Arabian Peninsula at the head of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to Iraq–Kuwait ...

Japanese School () * Lebanon **

Beirut Beirut ( ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the List of largest cities in the Levant region by populatio ...

Japanese School () - Designated February 10, 1972 (Showa 47), revoked March 29, 2002 (Heisei 14) * Turkey **

Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...

Japanese School (), under the name Japanese Embassy Study Group - Opened April 1, 1979 (Showa 54), Europe: * Greece ** Japanese Community School of Athens - Closed March 2007関係機関へのリンク
(). The Japan School of Doha. Retrieved on March 31, 2015. "アテネ日本人学校（2007年3月休校）" and "ラス・パルマス日本人学校（2001年3月閉校）" * Spain ** Colegio Japonés de Las Palmas - Opened in October 1973, closed in March 2001, * Former Yugoslavia **

Belgrade Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...

Japanese School () South America: * Brazil ** Escola Japonesa de

Belém Belém (; Portuguese for Bethlehem; initially called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão-Pará, in English Our Lady of Bethlehem of Great Pará), often called Belém of Pará, is the capital and largest city of the state of Pará in the north of B ...

() - Designated on February 25, 1977 (Showa 52), Certified on December 18, 1992 (Heisei 4), revoked March 29, 2002 (Heisei 14). ** Escola Japonesa de

Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte is the List of largest cities in Brazil, sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population of around 2.3 million, and the third largest metropolitan area, containing a population of 6 million. It is the List of cities in Sout ...

(), a.k.a. ''Instituto Cultural Mokuyoo-Kai Sociedade Civil'' - Santa Amélia, Paumplha, Belo Horizonte - Designated on February 6, 1982 (Showa 57), Certified on December 18, 1992 (Heisei 4), revoked March 29, 2002 (Heisei 14). ** Escola Japonesa de Vitória () - Designated February 10, 1981 (Showa 56), Certified December 18, 1992 (Heisei 4), revoked March 29, 2002 (Heisei 14) * Ecuador ** Colegio Japonés de

Quito Quito (; ), officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city, capital and second-largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its metropolitan area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha Province, P ...

() - Closed in 2003エクアドルキト補習授業校が入学式今年から聴講生増やす
( ). '' Nikkey Shimbun''. Retrieved on April 2, 2015. "キト日本人学校が03年に閉校し、補習授業校となって以来初めての〃大人数〃だ。
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