 The oldest U.S. Japanese weekend school with Japanese government sponsorship is the , founded in 1958 and serving the Washington, DC metropolitan area.In 2003, 51.7% of pupils of Japanese nationality in North America attended both "hoshūkō" and local North American day schools.As of 2013, in Asia 3.4% of children of Japanese nationality and speaking Japanese as a first language attend Japanese weekend schools in addition to their local schools.