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If you are moving to Japan for the first time, we are here to help you with a very important decision—choosing the right school for your children. View our Admissions pages for details on Eligibility, Visits, Open Houses, Tuition, and FAQs.

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Return to the Moon

Kathy Lueders ’81

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Shinji Yamasaki ’03

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What does learning look like at ASIJ? Read about our commitment, definition of learning, explore our divisions, and dive into parent partnership opportunities.

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Kindergartners take an other-worldly trip.

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Island Life

Fifth-graders create island environments.

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National Treasures

Noh Laughing.

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ASIJ is comprised of two campuses featuring multi-function spaces. Learn about or campuses, facilities, and what makes our spaces unique in Tokyo.

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We’ve got spirit, how bout you?

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The ES Rice-Growing Project.

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Valerie

You’ve seen her on-stage, we talked to her off-stage.

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Who are our faculty and staff? What are our teacher qualifications and expectations? Before applying, check out our Before You Apply page to learn about Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion and how our factulty and staff go beyond the classroom.

Applicants for all teaching and leadership positions at ASIJ must have an active, confidential profile with either Schrole Connect or Search Associates. Direct applications will not be considered.

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Our global network of over 7,500 alumni provides a lifelong community offering unique opportunities to connect, network, mentor and socialize—enhancing careers, providing pathways to new experiences and offering deep friendship and support.

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ASIJ often hosts visits for admissions, alumni, college representatives and more. Review our visit information before planning your next trip to Tokyo!

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Whether it is furthering their corporate social responsibility, or simply to share their knowledge and experience, there are many reasons why institutions and businesses choose to partner with ASIJ. View information about corporate partnerships.

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Life at ASIJ is full of stories and the narrative of where our vision will take us is told each day through the learning our students experience in the classroom and beyond. Each of the subjects featured here has their own unique tale to tell—stories that are as rich and varied as the ASIJ experience itself.

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Lessons from Space as told by a NASA Engineer

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Turning a Page

Cecilia Vinesse ’05

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If you are moving to Japan for the first time, we are here to help you with a very important decision—choosing the right school for your children. View our Admissions pages for details on Eligibility, Visits, Open Houses, Tuition, and FAQs.

Admissions Visits
Admissions Guidelines
Admissions FAQs
Tuition & Fees
ASIJ Stories

Return to the Moon

Kathy Lueders ’81

ASIJ Stories

The Roots of Beauty

Shinji Yamasaki ’03

See More ASIJ Stories →

Life at ASIJ
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Learn about life at ASIJ from the perspective of students, parents, and teachers.

Our Community
Our Buses
Our Year
Activities, Arts, & Athletics
Safeguarding at ASIJ
ASIJ Stories

Our Buses

Worth the Ride

ASIJ Stories

Spirit Day

We’ve got spirit, how bout you?

ASIJ Stories

Safeguarding

The Next Level

See More ASIJ Stories →

Learning at ASIJ
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What does learning look like at ASIJ? Read about our commitment, definition of learning, explore our divisions, and dive into parent partnership opportunities.

Vision of Learning
Early Learning Center
Elementary School
Middle School
High School
Parent Engagement
ASIJ Stories

teamLab

Kindergartners take an other-worldly trip.

ASIJ Stories

Island Life

Fifth-graders create island environments.

ASIJ Stories

National Treasures

Noh Laughing.

See More ASIJ Stories →

Our Spaces
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ASIJ is comprised of two campuses featuring multi-function spaces. Learn about or campuses, facilities, and what makes our spaces unique in Tokyo.

Our Campuses
Learning Spaces
Creative Spaces
Performance Spaces
Active Spaces
Social Spaces
ASIJ Stories

Spirit Day

We’ve got spirit, how bout you?

ASIJ Stories

Rice Rice Baby

The ES Rice-Growing Project.

ASIJ Stories

Valerie

You’ve seen her on-stage, we talked to her off-stage.

See More ASIJ Stories →

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Who are our faculty and staff? What are our teacher qualifications and expectations? Before applying, check out our Before You Apply page to learn about Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion and how our factulty and staff go beyond the classroom.

Applicants for all teaching and leadership positions at ASIJ must have an active, confidential profile with either Schrole Connect or Search Associates. Direct applications will not be considered.

View Vacancies on Search Associates →

See our vacancies page for more details and additional vacancies.

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Safeguarding

Monica Clear explores the progress ASIJ has made in safeguarding and what it means to have received Level Two Certification from Keeping Children Safe

On May 31, 2019, a long-awaited email arrived in my inbox from the organization, Keeping Children Safe (KCS). This email shared the results of an external audit performed in the month by the child protection capacity-building organization based in the United Kingdom. If ASIJ passed the audit, the school would be awarded a Level Two Certification in recognition of high standards of child protection policies and implementation—an achievement that had been a Board-directed goal for the school since 2015. This we knew. What we didn’t know was that Level Two had never been successfully obtained previously by any school or organization working with KCS.

Throughout the four-day audit visit in mid-May, Vijay Baskar from KCS reviewed numerous documents and met with a number of community stakeholders. Focus groups were held with students from grades 3-12, members of the Leadership Team and Board of Directors, parents from all four school divisions, individual department heads from Communications to Transportation, and members of the Safeguarding Task Force that had been collaboratively working towards the goal of achieving Level Two for over three years.

The Council of International Schools (CIS) visited ASIJ in January to speak to faculty about safeguarding

The standards assessed during the audit included: Setting Policy, Organizing Staff, Planning and Implementing, and Monitoring and Reviewing. As Safeguarding Coordinator, it was my role to facilitate this effort. During his visit, Vijay was able to see concrete examples of the widespread training program we’d put in place over the previous years, a shared understanding of personal safety in the student body and the reporting structures we’d developed.

To achieve the certification would mean the school had successfully implemented a strong safety net for students; falling short of the certification would result in a roadmap for the work that is still to be done. After several years of creating and implementing new policies and practices, it was time for an assessment and either result would help move us forward.

On May 31, with a deep breath and one click, I opened the message from KCS and read the word, “Congratulations!” ASIJ had successfully passed Level Two Certification becoming the first organization working with KCS to do so. The letter acknowledged that ASIJ has “developed a child safeguarding framework that, when implemented, protects children from harm and if a child safeguarding incident should occur, you have the appropriate response mechanisms in place…” In particular, the audit report made mention of how ASIJ had embedded a culture of safeguarding within the school’s vision, priorities, and whole-school operations.

Although this has been a large achievement in the school’s overall commitment to safeguarding, the work is never truly done. The Safeguarding Task Force continues to set goals towards greater transparency, tighter collaboration when concerns arise and additional shared understandings of the school’s approach to issues of abuse and harm to children. Likewise, an important objective of this work is to embrace ASIJ’s leadership role in our local community and share our resources, successes and lessons-learned with other international schools in the greater Tokyo region and beyond.

Monica teaches parents about safeguarding practices

To this aim, in January 2019, ASIJ hosted a four-day child protection conference organized by the Council of International Schools (CIS), attended by 150 educators and administrators from everywhere from Angola to China. Workshops included introductory and deep-dive topics such as Managing a Safeguarding Allegation, Peer-on-Peer Abuse, and Comprehensive Sexuality Education. Twenty-seven faculty and administrators from ASIJ participated in the conference and members of our Board of Trustees attended a special session on Trustee Safeguarding Training.

A Tokyo Professional Learning Community (PLC) for individuals who serve as Safeguarding Leads at their school was born out of this conference, and the group continues to grow beyond its current membership of 30 professionals. ASIJ recently hosted the PLC and invited an attorney specializing in children’s rights law to discuss recent changes in Japanese law. At the end of the day, it should not matter what school a child attends; all children deserve Level Two quality of safety at their learning institution so they can safely thrive and develop to their full potential. ASIJ is working to provide that model and be a resource for change in our community and the school remains committed to a prevention, response, and best practice model of safeguarding in schools.

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