Japanese Community School of Athens
Japanese international school in Greece
The Japanese Community School of Athens (Japanese: アテネ日本人学校 Atene Nihonjin Gakkō, Greek: Ιαπωνική Σχολή Αθηνών) was a Japanese international school in the Ano-Pefki (Άνω Πεύκη) area of Pefki, Greece in the Athens urban area.
The school was designated on February 25, 1977 (Showa 52) and certified on December 18, 1992 (Heisei 4). It closed in April 2007 (Heisei 19).) It was decertified on March 31, 2012 (Heisei 24).
The school had a magazine, Tabidachi (旅立ち).
References
Further reading
樽本 信浩 and 全国海外子女教育・国際理解教育研究協議会. ヤーサス!エーゲ海 : アテネ日本人学校の子どもたち. 樽本信浩著; 全国海外子女教育国際理解教育研究協議会監修. （国際理解教育選書シリーズ）. 創友社, [2003.1] See profile at CiNii.
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