An explosion in the number of Indian workers here has prompted a long-term Indian resident of Tokyo to open a school that offers her compatriots' children an opportunity to learn about their cultural heritage.
The India International School in Japan, which opened in Tokyo's Koto Ward in August, is the first of its kind. It has 35 pupils -- 23 kindergartners and 12 elementary school students, including one Japanese and two Pakistani children.
"The main reason (for opening the school) is that (more and more Indian) information technology families are coming to Japan. These families are with young children, but they don't have schools for themselves," said school President Nirmal Jain, who has lived in Japan for 30 years.