Japanese school

Japanese School may mean

• Education in Japan

• Shiritsu zaigai kyoiku shisetsu (私立在外教育施設), an overseas campus of a Japanese private school, thus run by a private school corporation. Accredited by Japan's ministry of education and science.

• Nihonjin gakko (日本人学校), a school outside of Japan for the native speakers of Japanese, usually run by a Japanese association. Accredited by Japan's ministry of education and science.

• Hoshu jugyo ko (補習授業校) or Hoshu ko(補習校), a supplementary school outside of Japan run by a local Japanese associates. It offers a part of Nihonjin gakko's curriculum after school hours or on weekends. Accredited by Japan's ministry of education and science.

• Toronto Japanese School, a supplementary school run by the Toronto Shokokai Inc.

• Zaigai kyoiku shisetsu (在外教育施設), meaning "an educational institute overseas." The definition is vague and sometimes it includes Nihonjin gakko and Hoshu ko, but this category refers to commercial or non-profit private institutions that offer Hoshuko-like programs. Although many of them are named "Hoshu ko" (meaing a supplementary school), their programs are considered as Juku(塾), not accredited by the Japanese government.

Japanese School also may refer to

• language school, a school for non-speakers of Japanese to learn the language.