The Yokohama Yamate Chinese School is a Chinese-style primary and junior high school in Naka-ku , Yokohama , Japan . Serving levels kindergarten through ninth grade, it is one of two Chinese schools in Japan oriented towards mainland China, and one of five Chinese schools total. As of 2008 Pan Minsheng is the principal.
7-755: It was formed after the 1952 split of the Yokohama Chinese School , which had been established by Sun Yat-sen . Yokohama Yamate was aligned to the People's Republic of China while the sister school Yokohama Overseas Chinese School was aligned to the Republic of China on Taiwan . In 2008 Pan stated that all of the graduating students pass entrance examinations to attend Japanese senior high schools. Classes are taught in both Japanese and Chinese, with each subject being taught in one particular language. Fifth through ninth graders take English classes . Most instruction at
14-540: A Republic of China -oriented Chinese international school in Naka-ku , Yokohama , Japan . It serves elementary through senior high school. As of 2010 Shih Huei-chen (施惠珍 Shī Huìzhēn ) is the president of the school. It was formed after the 1952 split of the Yokohama Chinese School , which was established by Sun Yat-sen . Yokohama Overseas was aligned with Taiwan, while the Yokohama Yamate Chinese School
21-522: The kindergarten level is in Japanese. The school teaches Hanyu Pinyin and Simplified Chinese . As of 1995 the school had 300 students, with 15% of the students being Japanese nationals who only spoke Japanese and the remainder being any of the following: Chinese-Japanese, Chinese students with mixed Japanese and Chinese parents, students with Chinese parents, and returnees from mainland China. As of 2008 it had 413 students: 10% were ethnic Japanese ; 70% of
28-809: The school's funding originates from tuition while the Overseas-Compatriots Commission provides some assistance. As of 2010 the school charges monthly tuition rates below the Japanese private school average of ¥50,000 per student; the monthly tuition per elementary or junior high student was ¥22,000 ($ 268 U.S. dollars ) while the per-student tuition at the high school level was ¥25,000. Each week first-year students have ten Chinese lessons, each lasting 45 minutes; four Japanese lessons, and one English lesson. In 1997 each class had about one or two students who were Japanese. As of 2008 about 15% of its students were Japanese nationals, including ethnic Chinese persons with Japanese citizenship. As of 2010 71% of
35-509: The students were Japanese citizens and 30% were Chinese citizens. As of 1995 the teaching staff consisted of four Japanese persons born in Japan, 19 Chinese persons born in Japan, and two persons born in mainland China, resulting in a total of 25. (in Japanese) Available online: Not available online: Yokohama Chinese School The Yokohama Overseas Chinese School ( YOCS ) is
42-709: The students were children of Taiwanese families living in Japan and/or are originating from Taiwan. Other students were ethnic Chinese from other countries and Japanese. A YOCS teacher named Chiang Pin-huei (江品輝 Jiāng Pǐnhuī ) stated in the Taipei Times that the "focused" education of the YOCS resulted in the high percentage of Taiwan-origin students. By 2011, due to the increase in popularity of international schools among Japanese parents, each first-year elementary class had about 20 Japanese students, making up about 33% of each class. As of that year some new students initially enrolling in
49-449: Was aligned with the People's Republic of China . In 2010 the school asked for assistance from Lien Fang Yu (連方瑀 Lián Fāngyǔ ), the wife of Lien Chan ; at that time the school had a shortage in funding. Yang Ching-huei described the buildings as "very old" and requiring "some serious renovation work." By 2011 the school established interviews and other entrance examinations due to an increase in prospective students. As of 2010 most of
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