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HISTORY Origins The earliest , exposed fault lines of religion and class within the Japanese American community. Buddhist organizations were heavily involved in the establishment of schools, while Japanese American Christians, described as possessing a more assimilationist view, opposed their existence. Furthermore, non-Japanese also took a dim view of the schools, accusing them of indoctrinating Japanese American children and forming part of a wider strategy of the Japanese government to "colonize" the United States; public school teachers and the Office Of Naval Intelligence went so far as to label them "anti-American".Asato 2005 Instruction for , which with over 1,000 students in 1938 was the largest Japanese-language school in Hawaii, had only 85 students As Of 2002 .Hawaii Star-Bulletin 2002-12-29 Post-World War II The first program aimed at training , a United States standardized testing agency, began to offer an SAT Subject Test in Japanese and conducted the first sitting of the Japanese Advanced Placement exam in May 2007; these examinations enable high school students to obtain college credit for their prior study of the Japanese language.College Board 2006: {Link without Title} Japanese-language education aimed at Native Speaker s began later, as the rise of the Economy Of Japan resulted in increasing numbers of companies sending employees and their families to the United States for short-term assignments. As Of 2006 , the Japanese Ministry Of Education, Culture, Sports, Science And Technology officially recognized three Japanese day schools in the United States, in Guam , Chicago , and New York .MEXT 2006: In addition, there were 74 weekend/supplementary schools, of which 29 were supplied with at least one teacher by the Japanese government.MEXT 2006: [http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/clarinet/002/006/001/002/002.htm SEE ALSO REFERENCES Notes Sources Scholarly works Other FURTHER READING |
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