Tokyo is a major world city. Being the capital of Japan, it is one of the major economic powerhouses of the world. It is also renowned the world over as a city of culture and traditions, dating back centuries. The city has a fairly large expat population comprising diplomats, business people, overseas employees of Japanese and other international companies as well as students studying at its colleges and universities.

Quite a few of these expats live in Tokyo along with their families including their children as the quality of life in the city is really good as is to be expected of a first-world city. Besides, the city also boasts some of the finest international schools that expat children can go to. 

Let’s look at leading Tokyo international schools that offer the nursery school program and the IB diploma as well.

Global Indian International School, Tokyo

Global Indian International School, Tokyo is one of the leading K to 12 international schools offering its students the chance to earn an International Baccalaureate Diploma. The school is run by a major Indian international school boasting 4 campuses in Tokyo. These offer a slew of cutting-edge facilities and amenities which make providing a world-class holistic education comprising academics as well as a range of extracurricular activities possible. 

The teachers at the school compare with the best in any part of the world.  The curricula offered by the school range from Global Montessori Plus, CBSE, Cambridge CLSP and Cambridge IGCSE to International Baccalaureate Primary Years and International Baccalaureate Diploma. 

When it comes to its academic track record, the school is quite extraordinary, as evidenced by the fact that its students are able to obtain admission to some of the best colleges and universities anywhere. It is hardly surprising then that GIIS Tokyo is considered amongst the favourite international schools with regard to expats living in Japan. 

India International School in Japan, Tokyo

India International School in Japan has the unique distinction of being the oldest Indian international school that provides international standard K to 12 education to its students. The school offers cutting-edge infrastructure and some of the most highly qualified and experienced teachers anywhere who help provide the best possible holistic 21st-century education to the students. What is also special about the school is that it is a MEXT-designated international school (recognised as such by the Japanese Ministry of Education).

The school which offers both an Indian curriculum and the IB Diploma program is known to be popular with expats hailing from India and other countries. India International School in Japan has an extraordinary academic track record. It also has an excellent track record when it comes to its students obtaining admission to some of the best schools and colleges anywhere. 

Aoba Japan International School, Tokyo

Aoba Japan International School, Tokyo is a leading international school in the region offering both American and IB curricula. It boasts three well-appointed campuses – Meguro campuses for children aged 2 to 5 years, Hikarigaoka for children aged 3 to 15 years and  Bunkyo for children aged 15 to 18 years.

The school provides every conceivable modern facility and amenity that helps the children perform to the best of their abilities. That is reflected in the way its students grow into well-rounded individuals by the time they graduate from the school.

Aoba Japan International School is an IB continuum school which means that it offers the full suite of International Baccalaureate curricula – IB Primary Years, IB Middle Years, and IB Diploma. This makes it extremely popular with the expats living in the area who are more than happy to send their children to this school, instead of sending them to schools in their home countries. 

Conclusion

There are quite a few international schools in Tokyo that provide the nursery school program right up to grade 12 education for expat students. Quite a few of these are international Baccalaureate schools that empower their students to earn an IB Diploma on graduation. That stands them in very good stead in securing admission to some of the best colleges and universities in the world. This qualification is also accepted by companies and businesses in most countries seeking to hire people.

Receiving one’s education in Japan is quite a privilege as the country offers a very safe and secure environment, unlike many other countries where a culture of indiscipline and even violence sometimes prevails. 

Japan offers the best of Western pedagogy and Eastern values of discipline, hard work and striving for excellence. Going forward one can expect the international schools of Japan, including the ones in Tokyo to continue to provide the best international education to both expat and Japanese students. Therefore, it is not surprising that these schools are regarded among the best ones of their kind around the world.