Hong Kong Japanese School
Japanese international school in Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Japanese School and Japanese International School (HKJS&JIS) 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 Japanese primary and secondary school sections are in a campus located along Blue Pool Road, in Happy Valley. The international school is in Tai Po. The Tai Po campus opened in 1997. The Japanese secondary school was previously located in Braemar Hill, North Point.
As of 2020 the principal of the secondary section is Osamu Kobayashi (小林 修, Kobayashi Osamu), the principal of the Hong Kong Island Japanese elementary school is Yoshitaka Yamazaki (山崎秀哲, Yamazaki Yoshitaka), the principal of the Tai Po Japanese elementary school is Misato Kitanaka (北中 美郷, Kitanaka Misato), and the principal of the international section is Joshua Blue, replacing Simon Walton, who retired in 2022.
History
A school for Japanese children opened in 1946, with eight people employed to teach. South China Morning Post stated the initial enrollment was 70.
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