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Yoyogi International School opened in 1999 with a mission to develop life-long learners and caring global citizens. The founder and CEO is Yuko Muir. A second campus, the Jinnan Campus, opened in Spring 2025 to serve Grades 2–8 and is located at 7-1 Udagawacho, Shibuya, Tokyo. The Yoyogi Campus serves Kindergarten–Grade 1 while the Jinnan Campus serves Grades 2–8, both in Shibuya. The school is an IB World School authorized for the Primary Years Programme and uses a curriculum that combines the US Common Core and the UK National Curriculum.
Yoyogi International School emphasizes community engagement and offers a range of after-school activities across both campuses. After-school activities include staff-led programs and external clubs in areas such as Pilates, Tae Kwon Do and Soccer. Internal clubs are available for K–Grade 1 at Yoyogi Campus and for Grades 2–8 at Jinnan Campus. The school maintains a PTA called Friends of Yoyogi that promotes parental involvement, supports new families, and funds charities and new resources.
Friends of Yoyogi is the PTA of Yoyogi International School. Its mission is to promote, build and expand parents' commitment to the community while enriching children's educational journey. They work with the school to support new families joining the school and fundraise for charities and new resources for students. Activities include regular coffee mornings, monthly family picnics in Yoyogi Park, parent social events, UN Day planning and sharing, Halloween and Christmas decorating, book and uniform swaps, and home–school connections. The PTA helps create a supportive, engaged parent community around both campuses. The Friends of Yoyogi complements the school by fostering connections among families.
The Jinnan Campus serves students from Grade 2 to Grade 8. The school is an authorised IB World School offering the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP), and the school states that learning in the upper grades incorporates a project-based learning approach. English is the main language of instruction, with Japanese taught as part of the programme. Class sizes are capped, with students limits ranging from approximately 18 students in lower grades to 20 in middle school. After-school activities for Jinnan Campus students include sports such as soccer and volleyball, creative arts activities, Pilates and coding programmes.
