- Aoyama Gakuin
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footnotes = nihongo|Aoyama Gakuin|学校法人青山学院|Gakkō Houjin Aoyama Gakuin is an educational institute inTokyo ,Japan , which comprisesAoyama Gakuin University ,Aoyama Gakuin Women’s Junior College , Aoyama Gakuin Senior High School, Aoyama Gakuin Junior High School, Aoyama Gakuin Elementary School, and Aoyama Gakuin Kindergarten.The institute was founded in
1874 byDora E. Schoonmaker , an American missionary sent to Japan by the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. [Aoyama Gakuin Jr. College: [http://www.luce.aoyama.ac.jp/english/history/index.html Schoonmaker bio + thumbnail image] ] Canadian missionaryDavidson MacDonald played a role in the establishment of Ayoyama Gakuin, and his contribution to the improvement of Japan's educational system is considered an imporant episode in the early history of Japanese-Canadian relations. [Foreign Ministry of Japan: [http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/n-america/canada/episode.html#4 "Episodes in Japan-Canada Relations."] ]References
External links
* [http://www.luce.aoyama.ac.jp/english/history/index.html A Brief History- Aoyama Gakuin Women's Junior College]
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