Canadian School of Tashkent. Exchange partnerships with two Japanese schools.
News · May 2026 · Yokohama & Tokyo
The Canadian School of Tashkent has signed Memoranda of Agreement with two leading Japanese high schools — Hakuho Girls’ High School in Yokohama and Shinagawa Etoile Joshi High School in Tokyo — establishing a reciprocal student-exchange programme between CST and Japan.
The agreements create a genuine sister-school relationship. CST students and their Japanese peers will visit one another’s campuses, share classrooms and daily school life, and build friendships across cultures. For our students it is a chance to experience Japanese academic culture, language, and hospitality first-hand; for the visiting students, a window into Central Asia and a Canadian-curriculum school.
The first exchange
The programme begins this autumn. A delegation of five CST students will travel to Japan from 7 to 19 September 2026 for the inaugural visit, hosted by our partner schools. CST will then welcome students from Japan to Tashkent in April 2027, completing the first full cycle of the exchange.
Part of a growing international network
These partnerships are part of CST’s expanding network of international relationships and follow the school’s recent acceptance into the Council of International Schools. Together they reflect a simple commitment: to give CST students real global experience alongside a rigorous Canadian education.
Building on this first year, the school intends to grow the programme — opening more places and deepening the ties between Tashkent and its Japanese sister schools in the years that follow. You can read more about our partners on the About page.