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'American School In Japan'

Head of School	Tim Carr
School type	Private
Religious affiliation	None
Established	1902
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Enrollment	Around 1,525
Campus Surroundings	Large Private Campus
Mascot	Mustang
School color(s)	Black and Gold
School Address	1-1-1 NomizuChofu, Tokyo 182-0031Japan

Founded in 1902, the 'American School in Japan' (or 'ASIJ') is a private school in the city of Chofu, Tokyo, Japan. Instruction is principally in English and follows an American-style curriculum. About two thirds of the school's students are the children of citizens of English-speaking countries who are on temporary assignment in Japan, and the remaining one third are Japanese students who speak English. The languages taught there are Japanese, English, French, and Spanish.

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History

Notable alumni

References

External link

History

In 1902, three different missionary home-schools combined their resources, founding the predecessor to the American School in Japan. In 1910, the school re-organized and became the 'Tokyo Grammar School'. In 1920, the school changed its name to its current name and a new facility was built in Shibaura; however, the facility was destroyed in the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. In 1927, a permanent school-site was purchased in Meguro. The school was closed during World War II and re-opened under the United States Military during the Allied Occupation of Japan. It operated from 1947 until the spring of 1952 when the Occupation ended. During that time it was called the Tokyo American School at Meguro. In 1963, ASIJ moved from Meguro to Chofu. A decade later, ASIJ opened the Naka Meguro campus with additional Nursery/Kindergarten offerings. In 2006, a new theater called the Ricketson was added to the campus.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of ASIJ include former U.S. ambassador Edwin O. Reischauer, co-writer of the Japanese constitution Beate Sirota Gordon, Soviet diplomat Oleg Troyanovsky, U.S. Senator John Cornyn, authors Norma Field, Lois Lowry, and Oswald Wynd, actresses Joan Fontaine and Linda Purl, actor Oliver Platt, Marianne Kuroda (née Marianne Wilson), popular Japanese celebrities Nishida Hikaru and Utada Hikaru, International singer May J., and Internet entrepreneur Joi Ito.

References

External link

★ American School in Japan home page

★ Official Prominent Alumni List

★ Jimmy Wales visits ASIJ