History of Tokyo Waseda Foreign Language School

Our History

Since our founding in 1988, Tokyo Waseda Foreign Language School has grown from a small language school to one of Tokyo's premier institutions for Japanese language education.

1980

1980's

		1988 Founded Kawaguchi Japanese Language School
		1989 Licensed by the Association for the Promotion of Japanese Language Education

1990

1990's

		1992 Entered the Japanese Language Education Academic Party
		1997 Renamed as Tokyo Waseda Foreign Language School

2000

2000's

		2010 Relocated school building to independent company building in Shin-Okubo
		2010 Founded Yokohama Japanese Language School
		2014 Signed twinning agreement with Catholic Sangji University in South Korea
		2014 Branch campus established (Shin-Okubo)
		2015 Moved to Higashi (East) Shinjuku in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
		2016 Yokohama campus has moved to Shin-Okubo campus
		2016 Founded Waseda International Christian School
		2017 20th Anniversary of Tokyo Waseda Foreign Language School
		2019 The number of students has grown to 1800 (Main Campus)

2020

2020's

2020

The number of students has grown to 505 (Shin-okubo Campus)

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