Christian Academy in Japan

Christian Academy in Japan (クリスチャン・アカデミー・イン・ジャパン) (CAJ), established in 1950, is a private Christian school in the city of Higashikurume, Tokyo, Japan that provides a Christian American-style education in English. CAJ has over 460 students, from kindergarten through high school. About 35% of the students are dependents of Christian missionaries who work for about 40 different mission organizations. The students come from 20 countries, with 48% from Japan, 35% from the United States, and 28% from Korea; 33% of students have multiple nationalities. Most students commute to school by public transportation, bicycle or walking. The four-acre (16,000 m²) campus in the western suburbs of Tokyo, accessible by the Seibu Ikebukuro Line, includes a classroom building, auditorium, library, artificial turf soccer field, gymnasium, computer lab, home economics and industrial arts facilities, and dining hall.