
''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, is one of the eleven ministries of Japan that compose part of the executive branch of the government of Japan.
History
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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 ...
'' (), 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 ''Hoshūkō'' (), 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 ...
'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.
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See also
* Language school
A language school is a school where one studies a foreign language. Classes at a language school are usually geared towards, for example, communicative competence in a foreign language. Language learning in such schools typically supplements fo ...
, a school for non-speakers of a language (such as Japanese) to learn the language.
References
{{Overseas Japanese day schools
Language schools
Japanese language