Liceo Mexicano Japonés
| Liceo Mexicano Japonés | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
Camino a Santa Teresa 1500, Álvaro Obregón, Jardines del Pedregal, 01900 Mexico | |
| Coordinates | 19°18′32.7″N 99°12′43.2″W / 19.309083°N 99.212000°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Primary and secondary education |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Website | liceomexicanojapones.edu.mx |
Liceo Mexicano Japonés (lit. 'Mexican-Japanese Lyceum') is a Japanese school based in the Pedregal neighborhood of the Álvaro Obregón borough in the southern part of Mexico City.
The school was founded and chaired by Japanese-Mexican businessman Carlos Kasuga Osaka, who also founded and directed Yakult Mexico.
María Dolores Mónica Palma Mora, author of De tierras extrañas: un estudio sobre las inmigración en México, 1950–1990, wrote that the school is a "central institution in the life" of the Japanese Mexican group. Chizuko Hōgen Watanabe (千鶴子・ホーゲン・渡邊), the author of the master's thesis "The Japanese Immigrant Community in Mexico Its History and Present" at the California State University, Los Angeles, stated that Japanese parents chose the school because they wanted to "maintain their ethnic identity and pride, to implant a spiritual heritage that they claim is the basis for success, and to establish close ties with other Nikkei children who live in distant areas."
Since 1983 many Nikkei and Japanese came to the school to study its management techniques and problems. The Liceo Mexicano Japonés is the first transnational educational institution among the Nikkei community.