Japanese School of Suzhou

The Japanese School of Suzhou (JSS) is a Japanese international school in the Suzhou New District of Suzhou, China.^[1] On February 28, 2005, the Ministry of Education of China approved the establishment of the school.^[2]

Japanese School of Suzhou 蘇州日本人学校 苏州日本人学校
Location
79 Huaihai Street (淮海路), Suzhou New District, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, 215011
Coordinates	31.2874964°N 120.56109960000003°E / 31.2874964; 120.56109960000003
Information
Type	Private, international school
Established	2005
Website	www.jsscn.org

Japanese School of Suzhou
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	苏州日本人学校
Traditional Chinese	蘇州日本人學校
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sūzhōu Rìběnrén Xuéxiào
Japanese name
Kanji	蘇州日本人学校
Transcriptions Romanization Sūchou Nihonjin Gakkō

The current campus on Huahai Road (淮海路) in the Suzhou New District was scheduled to open in September 2012. The original campus, which opened in 2005, had a cost of 20 million yuan.^[3]

On the afternoon of June 24, 2024, an unemployed Chinese man attacked a Japanese mother and her preschool boy while they were waiting for their school bus in Suzhou. The bus attendant Hu Youping and others tried to stop the attacker. Hu was wounded during the confrontation and died two days later. The knife wielder has been detained by the authorities.^[4][5][6][7]

See also

• Japanese people in China

Mainland China-aligned Chinese international schools in Japan:

• Kobe Chinese School
• Yokohama Yamate Chinese School