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The Shenzhen Japanese School is a
Japanese international school ''Zaigai kyōiku shisetsu'' ( 在外教育施設 'Overseas educational institution'), or in English, Japanese international school or overseas Japanese school, may refer to one of three types of institutions officially classified by the Ministry ...
in the Xin Chen Mansion,
Shekou Industrial Zone Shekou () is an area at the southern tip of Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. It faces Yuen Long, Hong Kong across the Shenzhen Bay. It has been designated as a Free Trade Zone by the government, alongside Qianhai, Heng ...
, Nanshan District,
Shenzhen Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong, China. A Special economic zones of China, special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of Guangdong ...
.Shenzhen's first Japanese school opens in Shekou


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Shenzhen Daily ''Shenzhen Daily'' is an English-language newspaper published in Shenzhen Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong, China. A Special economic zones of China, special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of ...
''. June 16, 2008. Retrieved on January 14, 2015
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, it is one of the eight international schools for foreigners in Shenzhen. As of April 2024, the enrollment count was 273. The school only enrolls Japanese citizens.


History

The Shenzhen Japanese Chamber of Commerce proposed establishing a Japanese school in 2004. On April 23, 2008, the Ministry of Education of PR China approved the establishment. The school opened on Friday June 13, 2008, and initially had 39 students and 17 teachers. It was temporarily housed on the second floor of the Haitao Hotel in Shekou, and was moved to the current location three years later. The school was sponsored by
Fuji Xerox Fujifilm Business Innovation Corporation (), formerly known as Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., is a Japanese company specializing in the development, production, and sale of Xerography, xerographic and document-related products and services across the A ...
Shenzhen and several other Japanese companies.Han, Ximin.
Japanese school to open in April


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Shenzhen Daily ''Shenzhen Daily'' is an English-language newspaper published in Shenzhen Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong, China. A Special economic zones of China, special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of ...
''. Friday March 28, 2008. Retrieved on January 14, 2014.
A ten-year-old Japanese student was fatally stabbed outside the school in 2024. A suspect was apprehended immediately.


See also

* Japanese people in China Mainland China-aligned Chinese international schools in Japan: *
Kobe Chinese School Kobe Chinese School is a Chinese international school in Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japan. It is one of two mainland China–oriented schools in Japan, the other being Yokohama Yamate Chinese School.Co, Emily.School bridges China-Japan gapArchive. ''The Ja ...
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Yokohama Yamate Chinese School The Yokohama Yamate Chinese School is a Chinese-style primary and junior high school in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan. Serving levels kindergarten through ninth grade, it is one of two Chinese schools in Japan oriented towards mainl ...


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Further reading

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办好深圳日本人学校


. 深圳特区报 at Sznews.com. December 25, 2010

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Shenzhen Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong, China. A Special economic zones of China, special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of Guangdong ...
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