Tokyo Korean School
Tokyo Korean School
Tokyo Korean School (Japanese: 東京韓国学校 Tōkyō Kankoku Gakkō, Korean: 동경한국학교) is an international school located in Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan; catering to the Korean expatriate community and to Japanese-Koreans living in and around Tokyo. It was founded in 1954. It is affiliated with the South Korean government and Mindan (민단). It includes an elementary school, a middle school and a high school. The total population of the school is approximately 1,100 students. The primary language of instruction at the school is Korean. However, there is an English language partial-immersion program and English library at the school.
References
Further reading
(Japanese)
- 田端 広英. "同じアジアの小学生は、どのように英語を学ぼうとしているのか 東京韓国学校での「英語活動」の取り組み (特集2 新世紀シリーズ企画/学校に何ができるか(3)小学校の「英語活動」--そのヒント)" 総合教育技術 56(7), 58-61, 2001-08. 小学館. See profile at CiNii.
- 朴 貞玉. "日本におけるニューカマー韓国人の子どもに対する教育戦略 : 東京韓国学校と日本の公立学校の違い (第43回日本言語文化学研究会)." 言語文化と日本語教育 (43), 86-89, 2012-07. お茶の水女子大学日本言語文化学研究会. See profile at CiNii.
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Korean international schools in Japan  |
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| Some international schools in Japan are classified as " miscellaneous schools", others as ordinary private schools | | North Korea (DPRK)-
oriented schools  | Elementary, junior high,
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| Primary and
junior high schools |
- Amagasaki Korean Elementary and Middle School (JA)
- Chiba Korean Primary and Junior High School
- Fukushima Korean School (JA/KO)
- Gifu Korean Elementary and Middle School (JA)
- Gunma Korean Elementary and Middle School (JA)
- Hokuriku Korean Elementary and Junior High School (JA)
- Kobe Korean Elementary and Junior High School (JA)
- Nagano Korean Elementary and Junior High School (JA)
- Niigata Korean Elementary and Junior High School (JA)
- North Osaka Korean Elementary and Middle School (JA)
- Okayama Korean Elementary and Junior High School (JA)
- Saitama Korean Elementary and Middle School (JA)
- Seiban North Korean Elementary and Middle School (JA)
- Shikoku Korean Elementary and Junior High School (JA)
- Shizuoka Korean Elementary and Junior High School (JA)
- Tochigi Korean Primary and Junior High School (JA)
- Tohoku Korean Primary and Junior High School
- Tokyo Korean 1st Elementary and Junior High School (JA)
- Tokyo Korean 4th Elementary and Junior High School (JA)
- Tokyo Korean 5th Elementary and Junior High School
- West Tokyo Korean No. 1. Elementary and Junior High School (JA)
- West Tokyo Korean No. 2. Elementary and Junior High School (JA)
- Wakayama Korean Elementary and Middle School (JA)
- Yamaguchi Korean Elementary and Junior High School (JA)
- Yokkaichi Korean Elementary and Middle School (JA)
Closed or merged |
- Maizuru Korean Elementary and Junior High School (JA)
- Shimonoseki Korean Elementary and Junior High School (JA)
- Tokuyama Korean Elementary and Junior High School (JA)
- Ube Korean Elementary and Junior High School (JA)
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| | Junior high/Middle schools |
- East Osaka Korean Middle School (JA)
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| | Primary/Elementary schools |
- Aichi No. 7 Korean Primary School (JA)
- Fukuoka Korean Elementary School (JA)
- Higashi Osaka Korean Elementary School (JA)
- Ikuno Korean Elementary School (JA)
- Itami Korean Elementary School (JA)
- Johoku Korean Elementary School (JA)
- Kitakyushu Korean Elementary School (JA)
- Kyoto Korean Elementary School (JA)
- Kyoto Korean No. 2 Elementary School (JA)
- Nagoya Korean Primary School (JA)
- Osaka Korean No. 4 Elementary School (JA)
- Osaka Fukushima Korean Elementary School (JA)
- Middle Osaka Korean Elementary School (JA)
- South Osaka Korean Elementary School (JA)
- Shiga Korean Elementary School (JA)
- Tokyo Korean 2nd Elementary School (JA)
- Tokyo Korean 3rd Elementary School (JA)
- Tokyo Korean 6th Elementary School (JA)
- Tokyo Korean 9th Elementary School
- Toshun Korean Elementary School & Kindergarten (JA)
- Toyohashi Korean Primary School (JA)
- Tsurumi Korean Primary School (JA)
- West Kobe Korean Elementary School (JA)
- Yokohama Korean Primary School (JA)
Closed/Merged |
- Akashi Korean Elementary School (JA)
- Amagasaki East Korean Elementary School (JA)
- Chikuho Korean Elementary School (JA)
- Kyoto Korean No. 1 Elementary School (JA)
- Kyoto Korean No. 3 Elementary School (JA) which may now be Kyoto Korean ES
- Nara Korean Elementary School (JA)
- Sakai Korean Elementary School (堺朝鮮初級学校)
- Senshu Korean Elementary School (JA)
- Takarazuka Korean Elementary School (JA)
- Tokyo No. 8 Korean Elementary School (東京朝鮮第八初級学校)
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| Kindergartens
not attached
to other schools |
- Kokura Korean Kindergarten (小倉朝鮮幼稚園)
- Okayama Korean Kindergarten (岡山朝鮮幼稚園)
- Saitama Korean Kindergarten (JA)
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| South Korea (ROK)-
oriented schools  | |
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| This list is not complete. There are about 60 or so North Korean schools and five or so South Korean schools. |
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Coordinates: 35°41′50.3″N 139°43′15.8″E / 35.697306°N 139.721056°E / 35.697306; 139.721056
