Minneapolis Japanese School (MJS; ミネアポリス日本語補習授業校 Mineaporisu Nihongo Hoshū jugyō kō) is a Japanese weekend school in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
[1] It is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to teach Pre-K through 12th Grade children the Japanese language, culture and traditions in order to enrich cross-cultural skills.
Classes are currently held on Saturdays at Mounds Park Academy in Maplewood, Minnesota.
[3] As of 2011 the school engages in fundraising during the annual Lantern Lighting Festival.
[4] The school provides four hours of instruction per week for at least forty weeks[clarification needed] during the year, primarily in the areas of Japanese language and mathematics, in accordance with the teaching guidance summary established by the Japanese Ministry of Education.