Taipei Japanese School

Taipei Japanese School
台北日本人学校
台北市日僑學校
Address
No. 785, Section 6, Zhongshan North Road, Shilin District, Taipei City, Taiwan 111
台北市士林区中山北路6段785号
臺北市士林區中山北路六段785號


Taiwan
Information
Type Japanese international school
Established 1947
Principal Hirotoshi Kondo (近藤裕敏)
Enrollment 768 (as of April, 2020)
Website www.tjs.tp.edu.tw
Taipei Japanese School
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 台北市日僑學校
Simplified Chinese 台北市日侨学校
Japanese name
Kanji 台北日本人学校
The former TJS campus as seen from Taipei American School

Taipei Japanese School (TJS) is a Japanese international school located in Shilin District, Taipei. TJS was established in 1947 and mainly serves the children (up to junior high school) of Japanese expatriates in Taiwan.

Traditionally, TJS students have returned to Japan to commence their high school education, while a minority choose to attend Taipei American School, which is located across the street. Among the TJS students who chose the latter option was Taiwanese-Japanese actor Takeshi Kaneshiro. TJS moved to its current location in Tianmu in 1983.

With the departure of many Japanese expatriate families from Taiwan during the 1990s, TJS saw its enrollment decline significantly between 1990 and 2010. However, enrollment began to bounce back by the 2010s.

Notable alumni

See also

Republic of China-aligned Chinese international schools in Japan: