More parents send kids to Indian, Chinese schools As China and India increasingly flex their muscles as economic powerhouses, many Japanese parents are beginning to send their children to international schools run by Chinese and Indian educators with hopes of churning out more competitive kids. Experts say that Japanese parents are eager to send their kids to such schools because they think that giving their kids opportunities to learn about Chinese and English at an early stage will be a big plus for their futures. Japan Times, Dec. 28, 2008.
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1% of foreign children not in school At least one percent of registered foreign school-age children living in the country do not attend either primary or middle school, according to an Education, Science and Technology Ministry survey. In addition, the whereabouts of 17.5 percent of children registered as foreign nationals is unknown, making it impossible to confirm whether they are going to school. Yomiuri Shinbun, Aug 3, 2007.
Japanese Discrimination Against Korean and other Ethnic Schools For half a century, Japan has permitted ethnic minorities, notably Koreans, to run their own schools while refusing to recognize these schools graduates by denying their students the right to sit for entrance examinations at national universities. The controversy has centered above all on the rights of graduates of pro-North Korean schools. Japan Focus, Apr. 12, 2003.
Flexible and diverse, international schools thrive This article looks at the situation of international schools in Japan as well as other types of non-Japanese schools such as Brazilian schools and the differences between them and international schools. Japan Times, 3 Jan 2008.
Brazilian schools losing students Some Brazilian schools in Japan have seen drops in Japanese-Brazilian students as the global recession starts to hit provincial economies where many of the schools are located, forcing parents to give up their jobs, find other employment or return home. The Japan Times, Dec. 2, 2008.
Brazilian elementary school. Hamamatsu, Japan 2002 Children who's families intend to return to Brazil usually are studying at Brazilian schools. Choosing between Japanese and Brazilian education systems is one of the hardest tasks Brazilian parents face in Japan. Discover Nikkei.
City strives to school foreign youth: Toyota, Brazilians offer their own types of user-friendly education This article discusses the education of Nikkei Brazilian children Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, which has one of the largest concentrations of Brazilians in Japan, totaling 4,972 as of the end of 1998. It looks at public schools and at the Escola Alegria de Saber, or the Joy of Knowledge School, a private Brazilian school which has set up branches in other parts of Aichi. Japan Times, May 9, 2000.
200 Brazilian Schools’ Students Able to Earn Japanese High School Diplomas A correspondence-based high school in Gunma Prefecture has decided to tie up with a school for Japanese-Brazilian students next year so the bilingual students can receive Japanese diplomas, its officials said Saturday. Japan Probe.
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Yokohama Overseas Chinese School A Chinese school in Yokohama which was founded by a Chinese. It has kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, and high school.
School bridges China-Japan gap: Historic Yokohama institute seeks to nurture Chinese values, equip pupils for life in Japan An article about Yokohama Yamate Chinese School, one of only five Chinese schools in Japan, where classes are taught in Japanese and Chinese and students also learn English from 5th grade. 30% of students are Chinese nationals and 70% have Japanese nationality, with 10% ethnically Japanese. Japan Times, Dec. 23, 2008.
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Seeing from the Korean side North-linked schools play avaluable role for ethnic Koreans in Japan, argues Jason Williams, an English teacher working at a Korean school in Okayama. Japan Times, May 22, 2007.
Koreans speak out on schooling Students, parents, teachers at a Korean school in Okayama, talk about why they continue to maintain and attend the school and defend Pyongyang-linked institutions in Japan. Japan Times, July 24, 2007.
Young 'Zainichi' Koreans look beyond Chongryon ideology Former students of pro-Pyongyang schools offer diverse views on regime in North, identity. Japan Times, Dec 16, 2008.
An Ethnic Korean School Struggles to Survive in Japan: Caught in between rising tensions between Japan and North Korea An article about the Edogawa Chosen School, a school built by Chongryon, which supports North Korea. The article that looks at difficulties for the school because it is not officially recognised by the Japanese government, the Tokyo Metropolitian Government has tkaken a harsh stance and students fear discrimination and violence against them. It also looks at the history of the Korean community in which the school is located in Koto Ku and at identity issues for the ethnic Korean students growing up in Japan. International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR), Feb 2007.
North Korea-funded schools in Japan have an image problem This article looks at difficulties faced by North Korean affiliated schools in Japan, at changes the schools have made to reduce associations with North Korea and inprove their image and at calls for further changes in these schools. LA Times, February 23, 2010.
Pro-N.Korean Schools in Japan Cave in to Funding Pressure Pro-North Korean high schools in Japan changed textbook entries about North Korea's kidnapping of Japanese nationals and the bombing of Korean Air passenger plane in 1987 to receive local government funding, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported Thursday. Chosunilbo, 3rd June, 2011.
New Dissent in Japan Is Loudly Anti-Foreign An article about new right-wing anti immigrant groups in Japan, who have demonstrated outside a Korean elementary school in Kyoto. New York Times, August 28, 2010.
Osaka school offers new approach to education for ethnic Koreans. In 2008, a new type of school for Koreans opened in Osaka in response to Korean residents’ desire for an education that, while emphasizing their roots in the Korean Peninsula, is not restricted by North Korea-South Korea differences. As well as Korean students, Korea International School in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture has attracted Japanese students and students who have returned from living abroad. Japan Times, Apr 3, 2014.
Japan’s resident Koreans endure a climate of hate This article looks at the history and current situation of Korean permanent residents in Japan (Zainichi Koreans) and focuses on the development of Korean schools, reviewing a film called 'A Crybaby Boxing Club' ,made anout a North Korean affiliated school in Japan. Japan Times, 7 May, 2016
The small corner of Tokyo that is forever Pyongyang "Hundreds of thousands of Koreans have lived in Japan since their country was annexed in 1910. But suddenly, they are no longer welcome" This article looks at the only Korean university in Japan, as well as at the post-war history of Koreans in Japan and the Korean community in Tokyo. Independent, January 2011.
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Tai, E. (2007). 'Multicultural Education in Japan', Japan Focus, December 27, 2007. Korean ethnic education in Japanese public schools, which started in the 1960s, is a form of multicultural education that provides useful ideas for multiculturalist teachers dealing with children of newcomer foreigners. In Osaka, Japanese and Korean activists with different political agendas developed two distinctive approaches. Those interested in the homeland politics of the two Koreas tried to develop an ethno-national identity among Korean children, while those involved in civil rights politics in Japan encouraged the development of political subjectivity.
The Crossover between Korean Ethnic Education and Multicultural Education in Japan: Kawasaki Fureaikan and ethnic classes in Osaka by Kim, Tae Eun, Kyoto University, no date. This academic article examines "the historical background of Korean ethnic education in Japan since the end of WWII, and the crossover between Korean ethnic education and multicultural education,1 especially from the 1990s onwards."