Nairobi Japanese School
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The Nairobi Japanese School (ナイロビ日本人学校 Nairobi Nihonjin Gakkō, NJS) is a Japanese school located in the Lang'ata area of Nairobi, Kenya,[1] in proximity to Karen.[2] The school serves Japanese expatriate students.
History
The school was founded on 9 May 1970 (Showa 45).[3]
On Wednesday August 16, 1995,[4] 56-year old Kuniaki Asano (浅野 邦章 Asano Kuniaki), the school's principal, died in an apparent robbery attempt,[5] just as he was located at the school's entrance.[6] Two gunmen shot him and stole his car.[4] The shooting occurred during a crime wave in Kenya,[7] which targeted foreigners and occurred in the early 1990s.[8]
References
- Africa Development (Afrique Et Développement), Volume 26. Council for the Development of Economic and Social Research in Africa, 2002.
- Coplin, William D. The ... Political Risk Yearbook: Sub-Saharan Africa. Frost & Sullivan, 1996.
- Mickolus, Edward F. Terrorism, 1992-1995: A Chronology of Events and a Selectively Annotated Bibliography. ABC-CLIO, January 1, 1997. ISBN 0313304688, 9780313304682.
Notes
- ↑ "NAIROBI JAPANESE SCHOOL." (map to the Nairobi Japanese School) (Archive) Rosslyn Academy. Retrieved on August 27, 2013.
- ↑ "image1.jpg." (Archive) Nairobi Japanese School. Retrieved on August 27, 2013.
- ↑ (Japanese) 概要 (School outline) (Archive) Nairobi Japanese School. Retrieved on 4 May 2014. - Includes map in Japanese. Information supporting founding date: "設置年月日1970年（昭和45年）5月9日"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mickolus, p. 855 ("1992-1995 incidents"). Retrieved from Google Books on August 26, 2013. "August 16, 1995--Two gunmen shot to death the pinrcipal of the Japanese School in Nairobi as he arrived at the school. They drove off in his four-wheel-drive vehicle."
- ↑ "PRINCIPAL SLAIN IN KENYA." Associated Press at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. August 17, 1995. Five Star Lift Edition. News p. 10A. Retrieved on August 26, 2013. ID#: 9508170086. "Author: AP Two gunmen killed the principal of Nairobi's Japanese school Wednesday in an apparent robbery, the Japanese Embassy said. Kuniaki Asano, 56[...]"
- ↑ Coplin, p. not stated in preview, contains "The concentration of a large and growing population of unemployed[...]". Retrieved from Google Books on August 26, 2013. "[..]the Japanese school in Nairobi was killed by carjackers at the school gate,[...]
- ↑ Lorch, Donatella. "Nairobi Journal;Kenya's Asphalt Jungle, With a Law to Match It." The New York Times. October 5, 1995. Retrieved on August 26, 2013. "A scourge of the city are the brazen and well-armed carjackers who steal scores of cars in broad daylight, even at crowded intersections in Nairobi and often by opening fire on the car and driver. The principal of the Japanese school in Nairobi was shot and killed in this way,[...]"
- ↑ Africa Development, Volume 26, p. 302. "[...]the Principal of the Japanese School in Nairobi was shot dead by armed robbers, who drove away from his Karen suburb in[...]" and "Criminal Violence on Embassy Staff and Expatriates In the early 1990s, criminal violence in Nairobi seemed ot be targeted on foreigners - especially on staff members of foreign embassies and[...]"
Further reading
- Hidaka, Hiroko (日高 博子 Hidaka Hiroko). 『コンザ村の子どもたち―ケニア・ナイロビ日本人学校教師の記録』 ("Children of Konza Village - Record of a teacher of the Nairobi Japanese School, Kenya"). Holp Shuppan. November 1984. ISBN 978-4593534081. - Profile at Google Books, Record from the National Diet Library (Archive)
External links
- (Japanese) Nairobi Japanese School
- (Japanese) ナイロビ日本人学校 at Twitter
- (Japanese) ナイロビ日本人学校創立40周年記念 (NJS 40 Years)
- (Japanese) "ナイロビ NAIROBI." (Archive) The Fuji Fire and Marine Insurance Co., Ltd.
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