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Corporate Information

Japan Education Advancement Association Co., Ltd. (JEAA) Institute of Borderless Education
Location Mamiana Arc Building 1F,
3-2-1 Higashi-Azabu,
Minato-ku, Tokyo
106-0044 Japan
Operations & History /Overview 1975 Establish Kokusai Gakujutsu Shinko Kyokai
Establish and start the first summer school in Japan, at American School in Japan and at Japanese Private High Schools
Form partnerships with boarding schools in the United States and start the placement of Japanese junior and senior high school students to the U.S.
Along with the expansion in operations, amend the company name in 1982 and register as a company limited in Minato-ku, Tokyo
President Mr. Masahiko Kawaguchi

Core Business

1.  Placement of overseas students to Japanese schools and support them until their return to home countries

2. Placement of Japanese students to overseas schools and support them until their return to Japan

3. Coordinate overseas study tours for Japanese private junior and senior high schools and consulting service in forming sister school partnership

4. English Summer Program (ESP)

5. Consulting service to private schools

6. Accept groups from overseas and Coordinate Japanese study tours

Corporate History

1975

Establish and start the first summer school (ESP) in Japan at American School In Japan, which was televised on NHK Education Program.

Start summer school at Yanagawa High School (Former Yanagawa Commercial High School)

1976

Start summer schools in Alaska and Hawaii.

Start ESP at Yonago Shoin High School (Former Yonago Commercial High School), Saikai Gakuen, and Kunori Gakuen

1977

Place a Japanese student into San Domenico School in San Anselmo, CA, U.S.A.

Conduct Winter Hawaii Program at University of Hawaii

1978Place a Japanese student to Edinburgh
1980Establish "Chiyoda English Conversation School" in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
1982

Register as a company limited with a capital of JPY 10,000,000.

Due to the increase in number of Japanese students studying abroad, organize a group study tour, "U.S. Education Conditions Study Group" with cooperation of the Japanese Private High School Federation

1983Invite the former Headmaster of Shattuck-St. Mary's School to lecture about "The Secondary Education Systems in the U.S.A."
1984Start placing Japanese students in prestigious private schools in the East Coast, U.S.A
1985Due to the increase in number of study abroad students, organize a group study tour for parents, "The U.S. Education Conditions Study Group"
1986Start placing Japanese students to Australia
1987The group study tours, "Education Conditions Study Group" gets sponsored by the Japanese Private High School Federation
1988President Masahiko Kawaguchi gets appointed as an Honorary Citizen by Orange City, NSW Australia
1989

Start supporting Japanese private junior and senior high schools' International Exchange Programs.

Get appointed as the International Education Advisor by Kaijo Gakuen and form a sister school partnership with St. Johnsbury Academy in Vermont, U.S.A.

1990Organize a study group tour "Education Conditions Study Group" to Australia
1991Organize the Fourth " The U.S. Education Condition Study Group"
1992Get appointed as the International Exchange Program Advisor by Kyushu International University High School and form a sister school partnership with Walford Anglican School in Adelaide, SA Australia
1993

Due to expansion in operations, move the office to the current location.

Form sister school partnerships between Nagasaki Nihon University Junior/Senior High School and Radford College, as well as Daramalan College in ACT Australia

1994Form a sister school partnership between Ueda Nishi High School and Central Coast Grammar School in Erina Heights, NSW Australia
1995Form a sister school partnership between Nakamura Junior and Senior High School and Seymour College in Adelaide, SA Australia
1996

Get appointed by the Australian Education Assessment Services (AEAS, Australia's Entrance Examination Organization) as a test site in Japan.

Lecture in "National Private Education Workshop", organized by the Japanese Private High School Federation during the International Education Session.

1997

Accept a group from Radford College, ACT Australia.

Form a sister school partnership for Nagasaki Nanzan Junior and Senior High School with St. Stanislaus College in Bathurst, NSW, Australia.

Establish the Study Abroad Program at Hokuriku Gakuin and place 26 students into private schools in the East Coast, U.S., and 6 students into private schools in Australia

1998

Accept a group from St. Peter's College, in Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Conduct Kunori Gakuen's Hawaii Program

1999Accept a group from Daramalan College, in ACT Australia
2000

Establish, organize, and plan the International Course of Nakamura Junior and Senior High School's International Course, which has the requirement to go on study abroad Establish Excellent High School's Specialized Courses Study Program in Australia.

Conduct Kunori Gakuen Senior High School's overseas study tour to Australia.

Conduct Yokohama Gakuen's overseas study tour to Australia.

Conduct Kinjo Gakuen College's Long Term Study Abroad Program at Boston Pine Manor College

2001Invite the Principal of Kavanagh College to conduct a lecture on the educational systems in New Zealand
2002Continue and conduct Excellent High School's Specialized Courses Study Program in Cairns, Australia
2003

Invite the Dean of Admission from Wyoming Seminary to conduct a lecture on studying in the United States as study abroad students.

Accept a group from St. Johnsbury Academy (sponsored by the Freeman Foundation) and conduct the "Student Peace Summit" with Japanese high school students

2004Restart the JEAA Hawaii Program (stopped due to the 9.11 attacks in 2001)
2005

Accept a "Cultural Exchange Group" from St. Johnsbury Academy's (Vermont, U.S.A.).

Organize Kaijo Jr. High School's (30 students) overseas study tour, with and at St. Johnsbury Academy

2006

Contract with Nagasaki Nihon University Junior and Senior High School as the International Education Advisor.

President Masahiko Kawaguchi gets appointed as a counselor for Outward Bound Japan.

Establish ESP (Summer School) at Musashino Higashi Junior High School.

Welcome a visiting group from Bancroft School (Worcester, Massachusetts U.S.)

2007

Conduct ESP at Nagasaki Nihon University Junior and Senior High School.

Conduct ESP at Tokiwagi Gakuen High School.

Conduct ESP at the Nasu Kaijo Academy.

Accept 6 study abroad students from Germany and place them into Japanese private schools throughout Japan.

Organize Kumon Kokusai Gakuen's "The U.S. Education Study Tour".

Accept a "Cultural Exchange Group" from St. Johnsbury Academy (Vermont U.S.).

Conduct "Wilderness and Hawaii Island English Experience Program" with and at the University of Hawaii, Hilo

2008

Conduct a lecture on "Going to Universities and Colleges in Abroad" and "The Parents' Roles When Sending Children to Abroad" at Kumon Leysin Academy of Switzerland's Parent Conference.

Conduct ESP at Musashino Higashi Junior High School Conduct ESP at the Nasu Kaijo Academy Organize Kumon Kokusai Gakuen's "The U.S. Education Study Tour".

Accept a "Cultural Exchange Group" from Bancroft School (Worcester, Massachusetts U.S.)

2009

Organize Kaijo Academy's "The U.S. Education Study Tour".

Accept a "Cultural Exchange Group" from St. Johnsbury Academy (Vermont U.S.).

Conduct ESP at the Nasu Kaijo Academy.

Accept a student from Germany to study in Japan

2010

Form an affiliation with NPO International Borderless Education Institute(IBEI)

Found 'Roudoku no Mori' reading class.

Held a reading recitation at the International House of Japan.

Form an affiliation with Tsutaya in Roppongi Hills, and begin English reading recitations there.

Conduct ESP at Okinawa in the spring.

Welcome a visiting group from the Bancroft School.

Welcome a visiting group from St. Johnsbury Academy.

Accept a high school student from Germany to study in Japan.

Conduct ESP at Linden Hall School in Fukuoka.

Conduct ESP at Temple University (Minato-ku,Tokyo)

Conduct ESP at Seisen Ryo (KEEP)

Become a consultant for Linden Hall School

Move office to Higashi Azabu, Minato-ku

Conduct ESP in Hawaii.

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