Hong Kong Japanese School Explained

Hong Kong Japanese School and Japanese International School
Native Name:	香港日本人学校 香港日本人學校
Type:	Elementary and junior high school
Grades:	1-9
Country:	Hong Kong
Address:	Primary & Secondary: No.157 Blue Pool Road International: No.4663 Tai Po Road, Tai Po, NT

Hong Kong Japanese School and Japanese International School
T:	香港日本人學校
S:	香港日本人学校
P:	Xiānggǎng Rìběnrén Xuéxiào
J:	hoeng1 gong2 jat6 bun2 jan4 hok6 haau6
Kanji:	香港日本人学校
Romaji:	Honkon Nihonjin Gakkō

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.^[1]

The Japanese primary and secondary school sections are in a campus located along Blue Pool Road, in Happy Valley.^[2] The international school is in Tai Po. The Tai Po campus opened in 1997.^[3] The Japanese secondary school was previously located in Braemar Hill, North Point.^[4]

the principal of the secondary section is,^[5] the principal of the Hong Kong Island Japanese elementary school is,^[6] the principal of the Tai Po Japanese elementary school is,^[7] and the principal of the international section is Joshua Blue,^[8] replacing Simon Walton, who retired in 2022.^[9]

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.^[10]

According to the HKJS website, it was established in May 1966 (Showa 41),^[11] and opened on 10 May of that year. According to Vivienne Poy, her father, Richard Charles Lee, helped facilitate the establishment of the school. It opened because the government of Japan dedicated a subsidiary budget for it. The initial enrollment was 70,^[12] and the initial principal was .^[12]

The initial location was floors two and three of Tower Court^[12] (崇明大廈).^[13] Its official opening ceremony was on 15 October. At the time it covered only primary grades, and its enrollment was 84.^[14] Additional space in the Ling Ying Building (嶺英商場^[13]) was used,^[15] beginning in April 1971, for kindergarten and primary school classes.^[16] The current Japanese section elementary campus opened on 24 January 1976. On 23 October 1982 the Japanese section junior high campus opened.^[15]

Beginning circa 1994 the school engaged in exchange programmes with Hong Kong schools for children from Hong Kong and with other international schools in Hong Kong and Macau.^[17]

In 1996 protesters against Japanese claims on the Senkaku Islands/Diaoyu Islands did activities outside of the Happy Valley school, as part of the Senkaku Islands dispute. Principal Akihiro Kaku argued that the consulate general would have been a more appropriate protest area, not the school.^[18] The Hong Kong Post characterized the incident as an attack against the school.^[19]

In 1994 the school system asked the Hong Kong government for permission to build a new school for an international section.^[10] The international school in Tai Po opened in 1997. The funds used to build the campus came from a grant issued by the Hong Kong government.^[20]

In April 2018 the junior high school moved to the Happy Valley campus.^[21]

Divisions

The Japanese division uses the Japanese school calendar and curriculum while the English-medium international division uses Hong Kong's school calendar. The international division has students who will reside in Hong Kong and/or otherwise reside outside of Japan in the long run.^[22]

See also

• Japanese people in Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Post (香港ポスト)

Further reading

• Book: Matsuyama, Junji. The Mirror, Volume 22. Singapore Ministry of Culture. 1986. 27.
• Book: Fujita, Ichiro. Y. Yoshioka. The Twentieth Anniversary Special Issue of the Hong Kong Japanese School. 1986-05-10. - The Phoenix Publication #13 had the Japanese original. - Fujita was a principal of the school.

• Kojima, Masaru (小島 勝 Kojima Masaru). "The Hong Kong Japanese School and the Hong Kong Hongwan-ji Temple in the period before the World War II" (Archive, 香港日本人学校の動向と香港本願寺). Bulletin of Buddhist Cultural Institute (佛教文化研究所紀要), Ryukoku University. 43, A42-A61, 2004-11-30. See profile at CiNii.
• Osaki, Hirofumi (大崎 博史 Ōsaki Hirofumi; 国立特殊教育総合研究所教育相談部). "中国・広州日本人学校,香港・香港日本人学校小学部香港校,台湾・台北日本人学校における特別支援教育の実情と教育相談支援" (Archive). 世界の特殊教育 21, 57-63, 2007-03. National Institute of Special Needs Education (独立行政法人国立特別支援教育総合研究所). - See profile at CiNii.
• 今田 好彦. "香港日本人学校" (subscription required). アジア經濟旬報 (963), 1-2, 1975-02-21. Institute of Chinese Affairs (一般社団法人中国研究所). See profile at CiNii.
• 鈴木 哲明 ((現)福島県郡山市立桃見台小学校:香港日本人学校). "世界に羽ばたく国際人の育成 : 香港日本人学校での実践(第3回教育研究大会報告)" (Archive). 創大教育研究 14, 37-39, 2005-03. Soka University. See profile at CiNii.
• 中野 佐江子 (香港日本人学校小学部香港校) and 小林 倫代 (国立特別支援教育総合研究所教育研修情報部). "香港日本人学校における特別支援教育の実際 : 児童一人ひとりに応じた支援・指導を目指して" (Archive). 国立特別支援教育総合研究所教育相談年報 31, 13-18, 2010-06. National Institute of Special Needs Education (独立行政法人国立特別支援教育総合研究所). - See profile at CiNii.
• 高羅 富彦 (大阪府松原市立松原東小学校・香港日本人学校大埔校(前)). "香港日本人学校大埔校での教育実践(第4章国際理解教育・現地理解教育)." 在外教育施設における指導実践記録 28, 63-65, 2005. Tokyo Gakugei University. See profile at CiNii.
• 丸山 実子 (日本人墓地通して歴史を学ぶ—清掃で奉仕精神育てる授業がスタート 香港日本人学校小学部・香港校). 内外教育 (5223), 6, 2001-08-03. 時事通信社. See profile at CiNii.
• 椛沢 克彦 (欧米インター校と張り合う「一校両制」の香港日本人学校). 時事評論 31(3), 16, 1999-06. 外交知識普及会. See profile at CiNii.

External links

• Hong Kong Japanese School and Japanese International School - Japanese section site in Japanese, international section site in English

Notes and References

1. "ITEM FOR FINANCE COMMITTEE." Hong Kong Legco. 20 June 1997. Retrieved on 12 January 2015.
2. Web site: Home. Hong Kong Japanese School Junior High School Section. 2022-02-17. 157 Blue Pool Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong. and Web site: Home. Hong Kong Japanese School Primary School Section. 2022-02-17. 157 Blue Pool Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong.
3. "About JIS" (Archive). Hong Kong Japanese School. Retrieved on 12 January 2015.
4. "香港日本人学校について About HKJS & JIS." Hong Kong Japanese School. Retrieved on 12 December 2015. "香港日本人学校 中学部 (ちゅうがくぶ) Hong Kong Japanese School - Scondary Section 所在地：香港北角学校園径9號 No.9 Hau Yuen Path, North Point, HK " and "香港日本人学校 小学部香港校 (しょうがくぶ　ほんこんこう)Hong Kong Japanse School - Primary Section 所在地： 香港藍塘道157號 No.157 Blue Pool Road, HK." and "香港日本人学校 小学部大埔校 (日本語学級／国際学級) (しょうがくぶ　たいぽこう)Japanese International School (Japanese Section and International Section) 所在地： 香港新界大埔大埔道4663號 No.4663 Tai Po Road, Tai Po, NT, HK. "
5. Web site: Gakkō Shōkai - Gakkōchō Yori. ja:学校紹介 - 学校長より. School Introduction - From the Headmaster. Hong Kong Japanese School Secondary Section. 2020-05-20. 香港日本人学校香港校中学部 校長 小林 修.
6. Web site: 2020-05-08. Kyūkō sochi kaijo ni kakaru gakkō saikai ni tsuite (oshirase). ja:休校措置解除に係る学校再開について(お知らせ). About the reopening of the school due to the suspension of school closure (Notice). 2020-05-20. 香港日本人学校香港校校長山崎秀哲.
7. Web site: Honkon Nihonjin Gakkō Taipō Kō Gakkōchō no Messēji. ja:香港日本人学校大埔校 学校長からのメッセージ. Hong Kong Japanese School Tai Po Campus Principal's Message. Hong Kong Japanese School Tai Po Section. 2020-05-20. 2019年 4月 北中　美郷(きたなか　みさと) 香港日本人学校大埔校　校長.
8. Web site: Principal's Welcome . 2022-10-25 . es.jis.edu.hk . en-gb.
9. Web site: Farewell Simon . 2022-10-25 . International College Hong Kong . en.
10. Web site: New school will meet demand. South China Morning Post. 1994-12-23. 2022-11-28.
11. "教育計画." Hong Kong Japanese School. 21 November 2000. Retrieved on 8 July 2018. "香港日本人学校は、日本国政府の海外子女教育施策に基づき、香港政庁によって昭和４１年（１９６６年）５月、正式に認可、設立された私立学校である。 "
12. Book: Poy, Vivienne. Vivienne Poy. 1998. Building bridges: the life & times of Richard Charles Lee, Hong Kong, 1905-1983. Calyan Publishing. 155. 1-896501-04-4.
13. Chinese characters are in: Book: Poy, Vivienne. Vivienne Poy. 香港利氏家族史. The Lees of Hong Kong. The Chinese University Press. 2011-12-15. 194. 978-962-996-506-8. - Equivalent English page is 217.
14. News: IT WAS GRAND OPENING DAY: School, Garden And Stores For Hongkong Community. South China Morning Post. 1966-10-15. ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 9.
15. Book: Poy, Vivienne. Vivienne Poy. Building bridges : the life & times of Richard Charles Lee, Hong Kong, 1905-1983. Calyan Publishing. 1998. 1-896501-04-4. 156.
16. Book: 海外子女敎育施設便覧: 日本人学校編. 海外子女敎育振興財団. 1990. 60. 開園式を挙行 71 年 4 月児童生徒数増のため嶺英校舎を借り上げ(幼稚部・小学部の一部).
17. News: HK students to travel 'abroad' for afternoon. South China Morning Post. 1995-05-06. 18. ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
18. Web site: Angry marchers target students at Japanese schools. South China Morning Post. 1996-09-18. 2022-11-28.
19. News: Caught in the middle of a Diaoyu storm: Japanese residents are . South China Sunday Morning Post. 1996-10-06. 29. .
20. "Home." Hong Kong Japanese International School. 12 January 2000. Retrieved on 8 July 2018.
21. Web site: Home . Hong Kong Japanese School Junior High School Section . 2018-01-29 . 2022-02-17 . 中学部は、2018年4月の新年度より、以下の所在地に移転します。 No.157 Blue Pool Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong. (香港校と同じ場所です) . https://web.archive.org/web/20180129033535/http://www.hkjs.edu.hk/~hkjssec/ . 29 January 2018 . dead.
22. Fischel, William A. . University of Chicago Press, 15 November 2009., 9780226251318. p. 132.