Zaigai kyÃ
Âiku shisetsu ( 'Overseas educational institution'), or in English, Japanese international school or overseas Japanese school, may refer to one of three types of institutions officially classified by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT or MonbushÃ
Â):
- Nihonjin gakkÃ
 (), a full-time school outside Japan for the native speakers of Japanese which provides elementary and junior high school levels (with one in Shanghai also having a Japan-system senior high school). Accredited by MEXT.
- HoshÃ
« jugyÃ
 kÃ
 () or HoshÃ
«kÃ
 (), a supplementary school outside Japan. It offers a part of Nihonjin gakkÃ
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- Shiritsu zaigai kyÃ
Âiku shisetsu ( 'private overseas educational institution'), a full-time overseas campus of a Japanese private school, thus run by a Japan-based private school corporation. They may include primary school, junior high school, and/or senior high school components. Each one is accredited by Japan's MEXT.
See also
- Language school, a school for non-speakers of a language (such as Japanese) to learn the language.
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