International schools in Japan are classified as "miscellaneous schools" under the School Education Law, which means they are not accredited domestically.
Consequently, the government does not differentiate between international schools and cooking, sewing or driving schools -- although international schools are accredited overseas.
Graduates from international schools are thus unable to take entrance exams for Japanese high schools until they obtain an equivalency certificate for lower secondary school, which requires passing a separate exam.
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