Osaka YMCA International School
international school in Japan
Osaka YMCA International School (大阪YMCAインターナショナルスクール, Ōsaka YMCA Intānashonaru Sukūru; OYIS) is an international school in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. Osaka YMCA International School (OYIS) is an English-based, private international school, offering preschool to grade 12. The school year starts in late-August and goes until mid-June–a fall-spring calendar. OYIS began operations in 2001 and received gakko hojin (private school) status from the Osaka prefectural government in 2012. OYIS has a high school program that includes the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program (DP) which leads to grade 12 graduation. OYIS is currently accredited by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IB) and by the US-based Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
History
The school was established in September 2001 from a partnership of Osaka city and the YMCA. In June 2023, OYIS celebrated its first grade 12 graduating class.
Student body
As of 2023, OYIS is home to a student population of over 300 students, representing over 30 countries from around the world.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Osaka YMCA International School” as international school in Japan. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the history & society register because the source frames it as international school in Japan. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q23044798. Authority coordinates are 34.708, 135.489. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2001, 2012 and 2023.
Official terminology may obscure informal participation, dissent or communities documented only indirectly. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Compare institutional narratives with records created by participants and affected communities. Dates and formal titles are useful anchors, but not substitutes for context.
- Event chronology
- Institutional context
- Locating named record creators
Contemporary correspondence, government or organizational records, oral histories and cited historical scholarship.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Osaka YMCA International School”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Osaka YMCA International School primary sources, Osaka YMCA International School archive and Osaka research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Osaka YMCA International School”?
- Which voices are present, absent or mediated by the institution?
- Who created the surviving record, and for what administrative purpose?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Osaka YMCA International School” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.