Hoshū jugyō kō
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Hoshū jugyō kō (補習授業校), or hoshūkō (補習校),[1] are supplementary Japanese schools located in foreign countries for students living abroad with their families. Hoshū jugyō kō educate Japanese-born children who attend local day schools. They generally operate on weekends, after school, and other times not during the hours of operation of the day schools.[2]
The Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture (Monbusho), as of 1985, encouraged the opening of hoshū jugyō kō in developed countries. It encouraged the development of full-time Japanese ("person", not "language") day schools, in Japanese nihonjin gakkō, in developing countries. In 1971, there were 22 supplementary Japanese schools worldwide.[3]
By May 1986, Japan operated 112 supplementary schools worldwide, having a total of 1,144 teachers, most of them Japanese nationals, and 15,086 students.[4] The number of supplementary schools increased to 120 by 1987.[3] As of April 15, 2010, there are 201 Japanese supplementary schools in 56 countries.[5]