Minority (non-Japanese) students can be found throughout the entire Japanese education system. An incomplete list of possible cultural and or language minorities represented in Japanese schools include: * other Asians, particularly Koreans, Chinese, Filipinos, Nepalis, Thais, Mongolians and Vietnamese * Europeans * North Americans * Latin American, particularly Brazilian and Peruvian * Returnee children * bicultural children whose parents are from separate cultures and/or who speak separate languages * Ryukyuan people * Ainu people