Hong Kong Japanese School


The Hong Kong Japanese School and Japanese International School is a Japanese international school in Hong Kong. It consists of a Japanese section and international section. The Hong Kong Japanese School Limited operates the school system.
The primary school is located along Blue Pool Road, in Happy Valley. The Japanese secondary school is located in Braemar Hill, North Point. The international school is in Tai Po. The Tai Po campus opened in 1997.
the principal of the secondary section is Osamu Kobayashi, the principal of the Hong Kong Island Japanese elementary school is Hideaki Yamazaki/Yamasaki, the principal of the Tai Po Japanese elementary school is Misato Kitanaka, and the principal of the international section is Simon Walton.

History

HKJS was established in May 1966, and opened on 10 May of that year. According to Vivienne Poy, her father, Richard Charles Lee, helped facilitate the establishment of the school. It opened because the government of Japan dedicated a subsidiary budget for it. The initial enrollment was 70, and the initial principal was Ichiro Fujita.
The initial location was floors two and three of Tower Court. Additional space in the Ling Ying Building was used, beginning in April 1971, for kindergarten and primary school classes. The current Japanese section elementary campus opened on 24 January 1976. On 23 October 1982 the Japanese section junior high campus opened.
The international school in Tai Po opened in 1997. The funds used to build the campus came from a grant issued by the Hong Kong government.

Divisions

The Japanese division uses the Japanese school calendar and curriculum while the English-medium international division uses Hong Kong's school calendar. The international division has students who will reside in Hong Kong and/or otherwise reside outside of Japan in the long run.

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