A Japanese island in the Alps: right here in Switzerland is a tiny land of kimonos, tepanyaki and other things Oriental. Swiss News checks out the Japanese School in Uster, where every subject is taught in Japanese.

Swiss News - Nbr. 2005, January 2005

Sethi, Aradhna

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A Japanese island in the Alps: right here in Switzerland is a tiny land of kimonos, tepanyaki and other things Oriental. Swiss News checks out the Japanese School in Uster, where every subject is taught in Japanese.

On two floors of a not-so-new building close to Uster Stadthaus, is the Japanese primary school. Curious about its origins, I logged on to its website. "Sorry, Japanese only"--was the only sentence in English. And this statement held true of the teaching method...

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