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A small group of English speaking mothers
open classes in their homes to provide a basic education in English
for their children. |
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Moving to Tsukiji, known as the "Foreign
Concession," classes are held in six locations over a seventeen year
period to accommodate growing student numbers. |
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A four-year high school program is initiated,
and the first commence-
ment ceremony is held in 1921.
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Damage from the Great Kanto Earthquake on
September 1 forces ASIJ to open school in Karuizawa, a popular
mountain retreat. |
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Refugees from the spread of fascism enter
Japan, swelling the number of European children enrolling at
ASIJ. |
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School facilities are appropriated by the
Allied Occupation and operated for the use of military
dependents. |
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A large grant from the Carnegie Foundation
allows major expansion of Japanese language and culture
studies. |
The GREAT
Class of 1961
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The Community Nursery School, founded in
1953, is integrated into ASIJ and renamed the American School in
Japan Nursery-
Kindergarten. |
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The dedication of the Ray F. Downs Middle
School sets the scene for a program specially created for early
adolescents. |
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A Distinguished Speaker Series, Int'l
Festival, and a 90th Anniversary Gala attended by statesmen and
celebrity alumni highlight ASIJ's 90th birthday. |
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The School marks the 95th anniversary of its
founding with a series of special events, including its first ever
Global Reunion in Seattle, Washington. |
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The School begins classes in the Kanda YMCA
with fifty students. |
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Japanese children enroll at the School for
the first time. |
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The School admits a wave of Russian students
following the Bolshevik Revolution as Russian families immigrate to
Japan. |
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Land is purchased and facilities built on a
new campus in Meguro, Tokyo. |
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The School suspends operations at the close
of the 1940-41 school year. During the Pacific War, the Japanese
government uses ASIJ as a language training institute.
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ASIJ again assumes responsibility for
operating the School. A rapid increase in the number of Chinese
students follows the Communist Revolution in China. |
The
great Class of 1961
graduates with muted
fanfare. Most of us go on to schools of higher learning in the USA,
from sea to shining sea. |
Constant enrollment growth leads the School
to move to a modern facility on a spacious 5.5 hectare site in Chofu
in Tokyo's western suburbs. |
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A convocation on September 25 highlights
ASIJ's 75th anniversary year. The Crown Prince and Princess of Japan
(now Emperor and Empress) attend. |
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Forty pre-WW II alumni spend three weeks in
Japan, visiting the School and its previous sites. The reunion is
highlighted by an audience with the Emperor and Empress.
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ASIJ's commitment to educational technology
takes a giant leap forward as ASIJ becomes the first school in Japan
with full Internet access and multimedia communi-
cations.
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