The Japanese School in Zurich (German: Japanische Schule in Zürich, Japanese: チューリッヒ日本人学校Chūrihhi Nihonjin Gakkō) is a Japanese international school in Uster, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland, situated in the Zurich metropolitan area. It has a day school division and it has a weekend complementary school that meets on Wednesdays and Saturdays. It is the sole non-boarding Japanese day school in Switzerland, and it serves kindergarten, elementary school, and junior high school (equivalent to Zurich cantonal Sekundarstufe I).
Japanese School in Zurich's primary education program (elementary) is approved as Primarstufe by the bureau for elementary school (Volksschulamt), administration for education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zurich. However, not the Kindergarten.
The Japanese School in Zurich's lower secondary education program (junior-secondary) is approved as Sekundarstufe by the bureau for elementary school (Volksschulamt), administration for education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zurich.
On 20 October 1975, the Japanese Language School in Zurich (German: Japanische Schule Zürich), the predecessor institution, opened with 15 students. On 23 April 1988, the permanent day school Japanese School in Zurich opened with 57 students, of which 50 were elementary school students and seven were junior high school students.
Students take Japanese and English courses, and they also take German two times every week.
^ "Eine Insel Nippons mitten in der Schweiz" (Archive). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 9 June 2005. Retrieved on 23 April 2015. "Bei der 1988 gegründeten Tagesschule in Uster handelt es sich um die einzige japanische Schule in der Schweiz,[...]" and "[...]lässt das Gespräch mit der Journalistin durch den japanischen Englischlehrer und die Schulsekretärin übersetzen und versichert, die Schüler aller Stufen müssten zweimal pro Woche Deutsch büffeln - neben Englisch und Japanisch."
^ "Aufsicht Privatschulen" (official site) (in German). Zurich, Switzerland: Volkschulamt, Bildungsdirektion, Kanton Zürich. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
^Home page (English) (Archive). Japanese School in Zurich. Retrieved on 2 January 2014.
^ Not approved as Gymnasium (upper secondary education) by the bureau for gymnasial and vocational education MBA (Mittelschul- und Berufsbildungsamt MBA), administration for education (Erziehungsdirektion), canton of Berne
^Not approved neither as Volksschule (Kindergarten, primary and lower secondary education), nor as Mittelschule by the administration of education (Erziehungsdirektion), canton of Basel-Stadt
^Not approved as Mittelschule (upper secondary education) by the bureau for gymnasial education (Amt für Mittelschulen), department of education (Bildungsdepartement), canton of St. Gallen
^Not approved as Sekundarstufe II (upper secondary education) by the bureau for gymnasial and pedagogic education (Amt für Mittelschulen und Pädagogische Hochschule), administration for education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zug
^ Not approved as Mittelschule by the bureau for gymnasial and vocational education (Mittelschul- und Berufsbildungsamt), administration of education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zürich.
Schools with Japan system senior high school classes are marked with asterisks (*). Weekend/supplementary schools (hoshū jugyō kō) are located in a separate template
Turkey is not included in the classification of Europe by the Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT). Nihonjin gakkō are day schools operated by Japanese associations and usually only include, within the Japanese system, primary and junior high school levels. Shiritsu zaigai kyōiku shisetsu are overseas branches of Japanese schools; these are boarding and day schools. MEXT categorizes Japanese sections of European international schools as hoshū jugyō kō part-time schools and not as full-time schools. See the template for part-time schools.