page_title: Chōsen gakkō
hierarchical_section_title: Chōsen gakkō
caption_attribution_description: English: Tokyo Korean Junior and Senior High School 日本語: 東京朝鮮中高級学校 한국어: 도꾜조선중고급학교
context_page_description: Chōsen gakkō are schools located in Japan at which Korean students receive education. It is sponsored by North Korea and Chongryon.
  Chōsen gakkō are foreign schools for Koreans in Japan who strongly support North Korea, although they are not acknowledged as regular schools by Koreans in Japan who support South Korea and Japanese who support the South over the North. On the opposite side, Kankoku gakkō（韓国学校）are Korean schools sponsored by South Korea and operated by Mindan. Kankoku gakkō have fewer students than Chōsen gakkō, but they are acknowledged by South Koreans. Koreans who live in Japan supporting South Korea are likely to attend a Kankoku gakkō. Alternatively, they can go to a normal school in Japan with Japanese when there is no Kankoku gakkō in their area. Most Koreans who have lived in Japan since they were born, however, go to normal schools even if there is a Kankoku gakkō near them.
  As of 2013, there were 73 North Korean grade schools and ten North Korean high schools in Japan. As of 2014, there were about 150,000 pro-North Korea Zainichi Koreans in Japan, and they form the clientele of the North Korean schools.
context_section_description: Chōsen gakkō (Japanese: 朝鮮学校 Chōsen gakkō; Korean: 조선학교) are schools located in Japan at which Korean students receive education. It is sponsored by North Korea and Chongryon.
  Chōsen gakkō are foreign schools for Koreans in Japan who strongly support North Korea, although they are not acknowledged as regular schools by Koreans in Japan who support South Korea and Japanese who support the South over the North. On the opposite side, Kankoku gakkō（韓国学校）are Korean schools sponsored by South Korea and operated by Mindan. Kankoku gakkō have fewer students than Chōsen gakkō, but they are acknowledged by South Koreans. Koreans who live in Japan supporting South Korea are likely to attend a Kankoku gakkō. Alternatively, they can go to a normal school in Japan with Japanese when there is no Kankoku gakkō in their area. Most Koreans who have lived in Japan since they were born, however, go to normal schools even if there is a Kankoku gakkō near them.
  As of 2013, there were 73 North Korean grade schools and ten North Korean high schools in Japan. As of 2014, there were about 150,000 pro-North Korea Zainichi Koreans in Japan, and they form the clientele of the North Korean schools. As of 2013, the North Korea-aligned schools had almost 9,000 ethnic Korean students.
  There is also a North Korea-aligned university in Japan, Korea University.
caption: Tokyo Korean Junior and Senior High School
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