Gyosei International School
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The Gyosei International School is a school located in Yana, Kisarazu
Kisarazu, Chiba
is a city located in Chiba, Japan. As of September 2010, Kisarazu has an estimated population of 126,906 and a density of 915 persons per km². The total area was 138.73 km²....

 City, Chiba Prefecture
Chiba Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region and the Greater Tokyo Area. Its capital is Chiba City.- History :Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture...

, Japan
Japan
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. It is also called Morning Star High School.

The main school has two integrated departments, one section conducted predominantly in English
English language
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, with supplementary French
French language
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 and Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

 instruction, and the other conducted entirely in Japanese. The school is a complete primary and secondary educational system, with 6 years for elementary, 3 for junior high, and 3 for high school.

Parallel to the two departments is the "Yohane" program, which is an experimental school where the students study at their own pace and choose their own courses of study. Teachers for this department are employed as counselors for the students, rather than conducting conventional classes.

Famous alumni

  • Peter Shirayanagi - Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop
    Archbishop
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     Emeritus
    Emeritus
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     of Tokyo.

  • Luke Hasegawa
    Luke Hasegawa
    Luke Hasegawa was a Japanese artist commissioned to do the murals remembering the 26 Martyrs of Nagasaki for the Church of the Holy Japanese Martyrs in Civitavecchia, Italy.He is a graduate of Morning Star International School in Tokyo....

     - Japanese Art
    Japanese art
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    ist.

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