The International French School in Tokyo registers students from kindergarten through high school, with 55 different nationalities represented. Our school follows the French National Curriculum and prepares students for Brevet and French Baccalaureat.
Our mission is to provide a high-quality educational program within the framework of multilingual education. We help students to develop self-confidence, respect for others, curiosity, and openness to different cultures. Most importantly, we strive to inspire a desire to learn.
In Tokyo, the LFI Tokyo assures continuity in public educational services for French expatriate children while also contributing to the promotion of the French language and culture abroad, particularly by welcoming students of Japanese and many other nationalities.
The LFI Tokyo offers a program of instruction by the French curriculum and includes significant linguistic and cultural components about the Japanese context. Diplomas and qualifications awarded by the school are identical to those conferred by institutions in France.
The LFI Tokyo currently accommodates nearly 1380 francophone pupils of French or other nationalities. Our campus houses the primary school (with students beginning petite section at age three) and accommodates students through upper-secondary and terminal (age 18). Most courses are conducted in French, but foreign-language instruction (in Japanese, English, German, and Spanish) also constitutes an important part of the curriculum. French/English bilingual classes have been created in the primary school, while a bilingual Section européenne for Social Studies is on offer in lower secondary. Finally, the Option international du Baccalauréat (OIB) is available to Japanese-speaking and English-speaking students (opened in September 2017) in the upper secondary school.
We recently relocated to a new facility with the highest of safety standards. The LFI Tokyo provides high-quality equipment and sports facilities on a 6 — acre — campus.
- 3 tennis courts
- 2 futsal pitches
- lA heated outdoor pool
- A 280-seat auditorium with professional quality equipment
- An athletics track
- A multi-activity sports center and a Japanese dojo.
We are a private educational foundation accredited under Japanese law and established by French authorities (AEFE) and the Governorate of Tokyo on December 20th, 2005.
- It welcomes 1380 students (current as of September 2018).
- All students are French-speaking, regardless of nationality. Courses are taught in French (except certain bilingual French/English sections). Japanese language and literature are introduced in the lower primary years.
- Students are welcomed from the “petite section” (pre-kindergarten age 3) to Terminale (age 18).
- As an exam center, the LFI Tokyo prepares students for the Diplôme National du Brevet (DNB), as well as three streams of the Baccalaureat diploma (Littéraire, Economique et Social, and Scientifique). Additionally, the “Option international du Baccalauréat” (OIB) is available to Japanese-speaking students in the upper secondary school.
