11 docs tagged with "education"

Compulsory education in Japan legally binds Japanese parents, not foreign ones, but ward offices still enroll foreign children free. Here's the procedure.

English-language daycare in Japan: major networks, costs (¥100K-320K+/month), curriculum models, and transition patterns for international families.

Hoikuen is Japan's licensed daycare for working parents: eligibility, income-graded costs, ages 0–5, hours, and the points-system application, explained.

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.

Japan's school year runs April to March in three terms (the common pattern) with set breaks; here is the calendar and what a mid-year foreign arrival means.

Japanese school vs. international school comes down to your child's age, your budget, and how long you plan to stay; here is the decision framework.

Ninka-gai unlicensed daycare serves hoikuen-waitlisted families. Learn costs, subsidy eligibility, quality variation, and how to evaluate facilities.

Nintei kodomoen is Japan's unified daycare-kindergarten center: four facility types, the work-status-switch advantage, and the application process.

Japan's schools split into three funded tiers, public kōritsu, private shiritsu, and national kokuritsu, each with different admission rules and costs by level.

The 2019 free-childcare reform in Japan: tuition free for ages 3–5, subsidized for lowest-income 0–2. Meals, supplies, transport stay family-paid.

Yōchien is Japan's education-framework kindergarten for ages 3-5: half-day hours, free tuition up to a cap, and the October application window.