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is a Japanese international school located in Doha, Qatar.〔"(学校案内 )." ((Archive )) The Japan School of Doha. Retrieved on 2 January 2014. "Site No.29 West Al Nasiriya,Doha,Qatar" (Access Map ) ((Archive )).〕 ==History== It was opened in April 2009 in order to replace the previous Japanese school in Doha, which had opened in 1979 but which was eventually closed in 2001 due to lack of students.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Japan School of Doha )〕 Many Japanese companies, up to 2009, had opened new offices in Qatar because of an increase in demand for natural gas and crude oil, therefore expanding the expatriate population living in Qatar.〔"Supporting the reopening of the Japan School of Doha." In: "(Social Contribution Activity Report )" ((Archive )) Sumitomo Corporation. p. 18. Retrieved on August 10, 2015.〕 The Qatari authorities wanted to enhance the teaching of the Japanese language and to allow the Japanese education style and culture to influence Qatar so it can shift into a manufacturing-based economy.〔Aoike, Yuichi. "(Japan-style school to help Qatar industrialize )" ((Archive )). ''Kyodo News'' at ''The Japan Times''. June 24, 2008. Retrieved on August 10, 2015.〕 Qatari students became eligible to attend the school as it reopened,〔''The Report: Qatar 2009'' (Emerging markets series). Oxford Business Group, 2004. ISBN 1902339258, 9781902339252. p. (44 ). "Nikai()which led the decision to reopen the Japanese school in April 2009. Once reopened, the school will also accept Qatari children,()"〕 and the Qatari authorities provided the land and school building.〔"(Joint Statement on Strengthening the Bilateral Economic Relations between Japan and Qatar )." Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. September 30, 2010. Retrieved on April 10, 2015. (Japanese version ).〕 Yousef Mohamed Bilal, the Ambassador of Qatar to Japan, stated that the school's reopening was one of the indications of strengthening Japan-Qatar relations.〔Bilal, Yousef Mohamed. "(Qatar-Japan ties continue to strengthen )" ((Archive )). ''The Japan Times''. Friday December 18, 2009. Retrieved on August 10, 2015.〕 The school's reopening ceremony occurred on May 14, 2009. Various Qatari politicians attended the ceremony, including H.E. Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, the Deputy Prime Minister; H.E. Saad Bin Ibrahim Al-Mahmoud, the Minister of Education and Higher Education; and H.E. Dr. Mohamed Bin Saleh Al-Sada, the Minister of State for Energy and Industry.〔Kawaguchi, Fumio (Chairman, Japan-Qatar Friendship Association). "(Friendship, prosperity bring mutual benefit )" ((Archive )). ''The Japan Times''. Friday December 18, 2009. Retrieved on August 10, 2015.〕 In 2013 there were plans to further expand the school.〔"(Qatar, Japan to boost co-operation )." ''The Gulf Times''. 28 August 2013. Retrieved on August 10, 2015. "Qatar welcomed the future expansion of the Japan School in Doha in order to encourage exchanges in primary education with the Qatari schools, so that the understanding on the value the Japanese-style education will be promoted in Qatar."〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Japan School of Doha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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