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Entrance Exams

This year all precautions were taken to ensure the safety and best study conditions for the junior high school students who took the entrance examinations for Yamamura Kokusai High School. Eleven students took the English interview entrance challenge. They showed English skills and an interest in the world. Good job. Well done everyone. Choosing your Read More

Yamamura Kokusai Wind Ensemble are National Champions

Yamamura Kokusai Wind Ensemble won the All Japan National Brass band and Wind Ensemble Contest to become the new champions. This amazing feat was accomplished after year on year struggle and improvement. A great precedent of politeness, humbleness, desire to improve and unflagging perseverance in the seniors has laid years of foundation to make Yamamura Read More

Wind Ensemble through to National final

The Wind Ensemble has continued from success to success. Supplemented again by a great influx of talented first years, Yamamura Kokusai Wind Ensemble came second in the Prefecture, then went on to win the All Kanto Regional, earning itself a place in the All Japan Braasband and Wind Ensemble National Final later this month. Students Read More

Basketball prefecturals

This year’s first year girls basketball team join the long tradition by going through to the prefecture beginners’ finals. Congratulations Yamamura Kokusai Girls’ Basketball. Read More

Speech and Recitation Contest

The speech and recitation contest came under attack amongst safety concerns this year. The Japanese Debate was called off, but with a record number of students interested, the speech and recitation contests went ahead. This year 13 students applied for the speech contest and 15 for the recitation. Rehersals took place in empty classrooms or Read More

Visitors from France and Italy

Yamamura Kokusai is very pleased to welcome two international study students into our school. The students after postponement and a lengthy period of isolation after arriving in Japan have finally been able to join our students in classes. Their determination to travel despite prevailing conditions and maybe even the tedious quarantine conditions have ensured they Read More

Yamamura Kokusai Biology Club Student takes prize at Tama Science Festival

No one needs to be reminded of the importance of science, especially the biological sciences at this time. The world struggles to protect the vulnerable during the COVID-19 corona virus pandemic, to understand how it spreads, to prevent its spread, to reduce the likelihood of future zootropic disasters and to develop vaccines against the present Read More

Trip to Shinrinkoen Park

First year Yamamura Kokusai students took a break from study, a chance to refresh in the autumn colours of Shinrinkoen. In the middle of a year marked by restrictions and restraint, Yamamura Kokusai first year students were more than pleased to be able to enjoy a day in the fresh air, and open spaces of Read More

Back to School

After what has seemed such a long period of remote learning, Yamamura Kokusai students return to classrooms. Taking every care to stop the virus from spreading should it reach the school, classes resume. Wearing masks, frequently washing hands, eating meals in quiet, facing away from each other, avoiding face to face activity, and generally taking Read More

School Closed

Regrettably, the school has followed the national and local guidelines and for the safety of all its students, their families and those they come in contact with, decided to ask our students to remain at home. End of year examinations are cancelled. Alternative arrangements for graduation will be made as the situation develops. Thank you Read More

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