established in 1950, is a private Christian

Christian

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 school in the city of Higashi Kurume

Higashikurume, Tokyo

is a city located in western Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 2010, the city has an estimated population of 116,006 and a population density of 8,980 persons per km²...

, Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 that provides a Christian American

Education in the United States

Education in the United States is mainly provided by the public sector, with control and funding coming from three levels: federal, state, and local. Child education is compulsory.Public education is universally available...

-style education in English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

. As of 2010, CAJ had over 465 students, from kindergarten through high school. About 48% of the students are children of Christian

Christian

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 missionaries who work for some 40 different mission organizations. The students come from more than 25 countries, with 41% from the United States, 32% from Japan, and 12% from Korea. Most students commute to school by public transportation, bicycle or walking. The four-acre (16,000 m²) campus in the western suburbs of Tokyo also includes a classroom building, auditorium, library, gymnasium, computer lab, home economics and industrial arts facilities, and a dining hall.

Mission

Christian Academy in Japan, a school for the children of evangelical missionaries in Japan, equips students to impact the world for Christ.

Activities

CAJ has a wide range of activities for its students. Chapel is included for all ages. Elementary school activities include several musical groups and various field trips. Middle and high school activities include the CAJ Student Council, sports, drama, music, field trips, yearbook, school newspaper, and community service opportunities.

Athletics

2005 Boys' Far East Soccer Champions

2007 Boys' Far East Soccer Champions

2007 Girls' Far East Volleyball Champions

2009 Boys' Far East Soccer Champions

2009 Boys' Cross Country League Champions

2009 Girls' Far East Volleyball Champions

2010 Boys' Basketball League Champions

2010 Boys' Soccer DoDDs League Champions

2010 Boys' Far East Cross Country Champions

Sponsoring mission groups

Christian Academy in Japan is owned and operated by the following six evangelical

Evangelicalism

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 mission groups that provide the school with leadership, teachers and students:

• Christian Reformed
  Christian Reformed Church in North America
  The Christian Reformed Church in North America is a Protestant Christian denomination in the United States and Canada. Having roots in the Dutch Reformed churches of the Netherlands, the Christian Reformed Church was founded by Gijsbert Haan and Dutch immigrants who left the Reformed Church in...
  
   World Missions
• Evangelical Covenant Church
  Evangelical Covenant Church
  The Evangelical Covenant Church is an evangelical Christian denomination of more than 800 congregations and an average worship attendance of 179,000 people in the United States and Canada with ministries on five continents. Founded in 1885 by Swedish immigrants, the church is now one of the most...
  
   Board of World Missions
• OMS International
• SEND International
• The Evangelical Alliance Mission
  The Evangelical Alliance Mission
  The Evangelical Alliance Mission is an inter-denominational evangelical Christian missionary organization founded by Fredrik Franson. TEAM used to be called the Scandinavian Alliance Mission.-History:...
  
   (TEAM)
• WorldVenture
  WorldVenture
  WorldVenture, formerly CBInternational, is an evangelical Christian mission agency established in 1943 as the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society . It was the first organization of Conservative Baptists in existence...
  
  (formerly CBInternational)

External links

• Christian Academy in Japan Official website