4 docs tagged with "foreign-resident-students"

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

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.

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.