Tamagawa Academy (K12) and University

Although Tamagawa Academy is not a mission school, the School regards religion as important for education, but its educational philosophy is "education is not for a religion but a religion is for education". Being based on such philosophy, the School introduces the teaching of Christianity for "Zenjin" (well-rounded person) Education of Tamagawa.

As mentioned ealier, Tamagawa is not a mission school. So, students with non-religion/a different religion are not forced to follow the teaching of the Christianity. But there is a chapel hour in a week and it is counted as a lesson hour. If a studet has a difficulty to attend the chapel hour, he/she might not be able to earn the relevant academic credit.

First of all, I would like to draw your attention to that: 1) Tamagawa Academy is a Japanese school accredited by the Ministry of Education of Japan (MEXT), 2) therefore, most of our students are Japanese, and courses are taught in Japanese and partially English-Japanese bilingual environment except the IB course, and 3) the instruction language in the IB course is English. Considering that this service is mainly for expats other than Japanese, we introduce our IB course which is most suitable for such students relocating from abroad. Accordingly, the information of IB course should be focused on, and as for the non-IB courses, treated as reference purpose only. (Answer to the question) No. of students enrolled in the IB course was 30 in grade 7 out of 170 from grade 7 to 12 in total. There were 370 students in total from the kindergarten to the upper secondary school including the IB students.

2 to 3 nationalities are represented.

Japanese is the most common nationality.

95% of students are Japanese.

No. We have no particular program for such needs.

There is no particular treatment for such students under the educational system of Japanese schools.

Yes. There are school counselors who provide counseling as necessary.