Compulsory Education Completion and the Path Forward
After middle school in Japan: entrance-exam timing, the naishinsho report weight, foreign-student quotas, and choosing the high-school track.
After middle school in Japan: entrance-exam timing, the naishinsho report weight, foreign-student quotas, and choosing the high-school track.
Compulsory education in Japan legally binds Japanese parents, not foreign ones, but ward offices still enroll foreign children free. Here's the procedure.
Can a Japanese citizen attend international school? The Article 1 vs. miscellaneous-school line, the board-clarification step, and foreign-resident rules.
Japan's school system runs on a 6-3-3-4 structure: six years elementary through four years university, with nine years compulsory, the rest actually universal.
How foreign families enroll children in Japanese public elementary and middle schools: districts, ward office steps, transfers, and choice options.