Aoyama Gakuin

{{Short description|Educational institute in Tokyo, Japan}}

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|name = Aoyama Gakuin

|native_name = 青山学院

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|caption = Aoyama Gakuin University Majima Memorial Hall

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|motto = "Salt of the Earth, Light of the World"

|established = 1874

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|affiliation = United Methodist Church and the United Church of Christ in Japan

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|city = Shibuya, Tokyo

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|country = Japan

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|website = [http://www.aoyama.ac.jp/en/ www.aoyama.ac.jp]

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{{nihongo|Aoyama Gakuin School Corporation|学校法人青山学院|Gakkō Hōjin Aoyama Gakuin}} is an educational institute in Tokyo, Japan, which comprises Aoyama Gakuin University, Aoyama Gakuin Senior High School, Aoyama Gakuin Junior High School, Aoyama Gakuin Elementary School, and Aoyama Gakuin Kindergarten.

The institute was founded in 1874 by Dora E. Schoonmaker, an American missionary sent to Japan by the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church.Aoyama Gakuin Jr. College: [http://www.luce.aoyama.ac.jp/english/history/index.html Schoonmaker bio + thumbnail image] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060222120640/http://www.luce.aoyama.ac.jp/english/history/index.html |date=February 22, 2006 }} Canadian missionary Davidson Macdonald MD played a role in the establishment of Aoyama Gakuin, and his contribution to the improvement of Japan's educational system is considered an important episode in the early history of Japanese-Canadian relations.Foreign Ministry of Japan: [http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/n-america/canada/episode.html#4 Episodes in Japan-Canada Relations.]