Hong Kong Japanese School

{{Infobox school

| name = Hong Kong Japanese School and Japanese International School

| native_name = 香港日本人学校
香港日本人學校

| logo = HongKongJapaneseSchoollogo.png

| image = Hong Kong Japanese School Primary Section.jpg

| caption = Primary and junior high campus in Happy Valley, Wan Chai District

| 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

| colors =

| homepage = {{url|www.hkjs.edu.hk}}

}}

{{infobox Chinese

| title = 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

| w =

| 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."[http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr96-97/english/fc/fc/papers/fc200621.htm ITEM FOR FINANCE COMMITTEE]." Hong Kong Legco. 20 June 1997. Retrieved on 12 January 2015.

The Japanese primary and secondary school sections are in a campus located along Blue Pool Road, in Happy Valley.{{cite web|url=http://www.hkjs.edu.hk/~hkjssec/|title=Home|publisher=Hong Kong Japanese School Junior High School Section|accessdate=2022-02-17|quote=157 Blue Pool Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong}} and {{cite web|url=http://www.hkjs.edu.hk/~hkjspri/|title=Home|publisher=Hong Kong Japanese School Primary School Section|accessdate=2022-02-17|quote=157 Blue Pool Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong}} The international school is in Tai Po. The Tai Po campus opened in 1997."[http://es.jis.edu.hk/index.php/about-jis/jis-hong-kong About JIS]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150202065226/http://es.jis.edu.hk/index.php/about-jis/jis-hong-kong Archive]). Hong Kong Japanese School. Retrieved on 12 January 2015. The Japanese secondary school was previously located in Braemar Hill, North Point."[https://web.archive.org/web/20031209033731/http://www.hkjs.edu.hk/annai_frame.html 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{{sic}} 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{{sic}} 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. "

{{Asof|2020}} the principal of the secondary section is {{nihongo|Osamu Kobayashi|小林修|Kobayashi Osamu}},{{cite web|url=http://www.hkjs.edu.hk/~hkjssec/profile.html|title=Gakkō Shōkai - Gakkōchō Yori|script-title=ja:学校紹介 - 学校長より|trans-title=School Introduction - From the Headmaster|publisher=Hong Kong Japanese School Secondary Section|access-date=2020-05-20|quote=香港日本人学校香港校中学部校長小林修}} the principal of the Hong Kong Island Japanese elementary school is {{nihongo|Yoshitaka Yamazaki|山崎秀哲|Yamazaki Yoshitaka}},{{cite web|date=2020-05-08|title=Kyūkō sochi kaijo ni kakaru gakkō saikai ni tsuite (oshirase)|script-title=ja:休校措置解除に係る学校再開について(お知らせ)|trans-title=About the reopening of the school due to the suspension of school closure (Notice)|url=http://www.hkjs.edu.hk/~hkjssec/pdf/20200508/notice20200508a.pdf|access-date=2020-05-20|quote=香港日本人学校香港校校長山崎秀哲}} the principal of the Tai Po Japanese elementary school is {{nihongo|Misato Kitanaka|北中美郷|Kitanaka Misato}},{{cite web|url=http://www.jis.edu.hk/~jisjs/kocho2019.html|title=Honkon Nihonjin Gakkō Taipō Kō Gakkōchō no Messēji|script-title=ja:香港日本人学校大埔校学校長からのメッセージ|trans-title=Hong Kong Japanese School Tai Po Campus Principal's Message|publisher=Hong Kong Japanese School Tai Po Section|access-date=2020-05-20|quote=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}} and the principal of the international section is Joshua Blue,{{Cite web |title=Principal's Welcome |url=http://es.jis.edu.hk/index.php/about-jis/principal-s-welcome |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=es.jis.edu.hk |language=en-gb}} replacing Simon Walton, who retired in 2022.{{Cite web |title=Farewell Simon |url=https://www.ichk.edu.hk/news/farewell-simon |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=International College Hong Kong |language=en}}

File:JapaneseSchoolIntlSectionTaipo 03.jpg|Tai Po (International) Campus

File:Hong Kong Japanese School Junior Secondary Section.jpg|Former Hong Kong Japanese School Secondary Campus in Braemar Hill, North Point (the junior high moved from here in April 2018)

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com:443/article/100931/new-school-will-meet-demand|title=New school will meet demand|newspaper=South China Morning Post|date=1994-12-23|accessdate=2022-11-28}}

According to the HKJS website, it was established in May 1966 (Showa 41),"[https://web.archive.org/web/20001121091800/http://www.hkjs.edu.hk/hkjs/info/keikaku.html 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。 " 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,{{cite book|author=Poy, Vivienne|author-link=Vivienne Poy|year=1998|title=Building bridges: the life & times of Richard Charles Lee, Hong Kong, 1905-1983|url=https://archive.org/details/buildingbridgesl00poyv/mode/2up|publisher=Calyan Publishing|page=[https://archive.org/details/buildingbridgesl00poyv/page/154/mode/2up/search/%22Japanese+School%22 155]|isbn=1-896501-04-4}} and the initial principal was {{nihongo|Ichiro Fujita|藤田一郎Kanji is from: {{cite book|author=Poy, Vivienne|author-link=Vivienne Poy|translator=Peggy Ku|title=香港利氏家族史|trans-title=The Lees of Hong Kong|publisher=The Chinese University Press|date=2011-12-15|isbn=9789629965068|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=dA61DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA198 198]}} - [https://archive.org/details/profitvictorysha00poyv/mode/2up The English version, Profit, victory & sharpness : the Lees of Hong Kong, is available at the] Internet Archive, with p. [https://archive.org/details/profitvictorysha00poyv/page/220/mode/2up/search/Ichiro+Fujita 221] being the corresponding English page. [https://ycar.apps01.yorku.ca/profit-victory-sharpness-the-lees-of-hong-kong/ Profile at the] York Centre for Asian Research.|Fujita Ichirō}}.

The initial location was floors two and three of Tower Court (崇明大廈).Chinese characters are in: {{cite book|author=Poy, Vivienne|author-link=Vivienne Poy|title=香港利氏家族史|trans-title=The Lees of Hong Kong|publisher=The Chinese University Press|date=2011-12-15|page=194|isbn=978-962-996-506-8}} - Equivalent English page [https://archive.org/details/profitvictorysha00poyv/page/216/mode/2up/search/%22Japanese+School%22 is 217]. Its official opening ceremony was on 15 October. At the time it covered only primary grades, and its enrollment was 84.{{cite news|title=IT WAS GRAND OPENING DAY: School, Garden And Stores For Hongkong Community|newspaper=South China Morning Post|date=1966-10-15|via=ProQuest Historical Newspapers|page=9}} Additional space in the Ling Ying Building (嶺英商場) was used,{{cite book|author=Poy, Vivienne|author-link=Vivienne Poy|url=https://archive.org/details/buildingbridgesl00poyv/mode/2up|title=Building bridges : the life & times of Richard Charles Lee, Hong Kong, 1905-1983|publisher=Calyan Publishing|year=1998|isbn=1-896501-04-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/buildingbridgesl00poyv/page/156/mode/2up/search/%22Japanese+School%22 156]}} beginning in April 1971, for kindergarten and primary school classes.{{cite book|title=海外子女敎育施設便覧: 日本人学校編|publisher=海外子女敎育振興財団|year=1990|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=p_kpAQAAIAAJ&q=%2271+%E5%B9%B4+4+%E6%9C%88%E5%85%90%E7%AB%A5%E7%94%9F%E5%BE%92%E6%95%B0%E5%A2%97%E3%81%AE%E3%81%9F%E3%82%81%E5%B6%BA%E8%8B%B1%E6%A0%A1%E8%88%8E%E3%82%92%E5%80%9F%E3%82%8A%E4%B8%8A%E3%81%92(%E5%B9%BC%E7%A8%9A%E9%83%A8%22 60]|quote=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)}} The current Japanese section elementary campus opened on 24 January 1976. On 23 October 1982 the Japanese section junior high campus opened.

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.{{cite news|title=HK students to travel 'abroad' for afternoon|newspaper=South China Morning Post|date=1995-05-06|page=18|via=ProQuest Historical Newspapers}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/174635/angry-marchers-target-students-japanese-schools|title=Angry marchers target students at Japanese schools|newspaper=South China Morning Post|date=1996-09-18|accessdate=2022-11-28}} The Hong Kong Post characterized the incident as an attack against the school.{{cite news|title=Caught in the middle of a Diaoyu storm: Japanese residents are |newspaper=South China Sunday Morning Post|date=1996-10-06|page=29|via=ProQuest Historical Newspapers: South China Morning Post}}

In 1994 the school system asked the Hong Kong government for permission to build a new school for an international section. 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."[https://web.archive.org/web/20001120030000/http://www.jis.edu.hk:80/jis/jisindex.html Home]." Hong Kong Japanese International School. 12 January 2000. Retrieved on 8 July 2018.

In April 2018 the junior high school moved to the Happy Valley campus.{{cite web |url=http://www.hkjs.edu.hk/~hkjssec/ |title=Home |publisher=Hong Kong Japanese School Junior High School Section |date=2018-01-29 |accessdate=2022-02-17 |quote=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) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129033535/http://www.hkjs.edu.hk/~hkjssec/ |archive-date=29 January 2018 |url-status=dead}}

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.Fischel, William A. Making the Grade: The Economic Evolution of American School Districts. University of Chicago Press, 15 November 2009. {{ISBN|0226251314}}, 9780226251318. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=VG7MgDQhXhwC&pg=PA132 132].

Maps

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{{location map~|Hong Kong|lat=22.28433249999999|long=114.19769640000004|mark=red pog.svg|marksize =5|label = Former JHS|position=up}}

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References

External links

[http://www.hkjs.edu.hk Hong Kong Japanese School and Japanese International School] - Japanese section site in Japanese, international section site in English

Hong Kong

Category:International schools in Hong Kong

Category:Primary schools in Hong Kong

Category:Secondary schools in Hong Kong

Category:1966 establishments in Hong Kong

Category:Educational institutions established in 1966