Yokohama Overseas Chinese School
Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan · Est. 1897
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- Established
- 1897
- Curriculum
- Chinese (Taiwan/ROC textbooks) and Japanese bilingual curriculum, elementary to senior high
About this school
Yokohama Overseas Chinese School (Yokohama Chuka Gakuin) traces its history to 1897, when Sun Yat-sen and others proposed Japan's first school for overseas Chinese children next to the present site. Several Chinese schools merged after the 1923 earthquake, and after wartime destruction the school was rebuilt in 1946 and recognised by the Republic of China (Taiwan). Junior and senior high divisions followed, it became a school corporation under its current name in 1968, and a new school building was completed in December 2020.
The school offers an integrated programme across elementary, junior high and senior high divisions, with a two-semester year from April to March. Teaching aims for strong Chinese-Japanese bilingual ability: Chinese-language textbooks are provided through the ROC Overseas Community Affairs Council, while Japanese subjects use textbooks approved by Japan's education ministry.
Cultural education includes dragon and lion dance and traditional Chinese dance, and an after-school care programme supports elementary pupils. The school has sister-school ties with several schools in Taiwan, and a related kindergarten operates separately.
