Good decisions start with honest information.
Japan School Finder is an independent directory for parents exploring international education, from early years through high school.
A nationwide project, with transparent coverage
Our current catalogue contains 123 school and campus profiles across 20 prefectures. Twelve have detailed research. The remaining profiles provide core information supported by official curriculum pages and directory-reported locations and grades.
We reviewed 244 candidate directory entries and accessed 216 official websites during this research pass. Candidate entries include duplicate divisions, language centres and schools whose eligibility needs further review. They are not a count of qualifying schools. 22 entries were consolidated as duplicates, 3 were outside the selected curriculum scope, and 108 still need further verification. This catalogue is not yet exhaustive.
All 47 prefectures are searchable. An empty result means we have no matching screened profile, not that the area has no international schools.
What belongs here?
Schools offering a primarily international curriculum, including international and overseas national programmes. We include early years through high school. Universities, language-only lessons and schools offering only a small international stream require separate assessment and are outside this first catalogue.
Sources you can follow
We use JCIS, International Schools Database and Japan Living Guide for discovery, then check official school websites. Each profile links its sources. International Schools Database city pages could not be reliably extracted in this pass.
A programme mentioned by a school is not independent accreditation verification. Candidate IB programmes are identified as candidates where the source states this.
No false certainty
Unknown does not mean unavailable. We do not infer admissions vacancies, English support, learning support or transport from missing information. Published tuition is not the total first-year cost and may apply only to one grade.
Grade labels vary between education systems. Our broad stage filters are a starting point; the exact school grade range is always shown. Contact admissions for placement and age cutoffs.
There are no sponsored rankings or invented reviews. Default order places more extensively researched profiles first. Shortlists are saved only in your current browser.
School imagery
Profiles use a neutral monogram while school image permissions are being confirmed. We never use invented campus photographs.