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Takushoku University

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Type
  
Private

Location
  
Tokyo, Japan

Total enrollment
  
9,798 (1 May 2015)

Founder
  
Tarō Katsura

Established
  
1900

Campus
  
Bunkyō, Hachiōji

Phone
  
+81 3-3947-7111

Founded
  
1900

Takushoku University

Former names
  
Taiwan Association School, Oriental Association Vocation School

Website
  
http://www.takushoku-u.ac.jp/, http://www.takushoku-u.ac.jp/english/index.html

Address
  
Japan, 〒112-0006 Tokyo, 文京区Kohinata, ３−４−１４

Undergraduate tuition and fees
  
International tuition: 475,000 JPY (2011)

Notable alumni
  
Mas Oyama, Masatoshi Nakayama, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Muneo Suzuki, Gozo Shioda

Similar
  
Kokushikan University, Daito Bunka University, Senshu University, Asia University, Toyo University

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Takushoku University (拓殖 大学; Takushoku Daigaku, abbreviated as 拓大 Takudai) is a private university in Japan. It was founded in 1900 by Duke Taro Katsura (1848–1913). It is in Tokyo and has two campuses: the main campus in the Bunkyō district and a satellite campus in Hachiōji city. Takushoku University has five faculties: Commerce, Political Science and Economics, Foreign Languages, International Studies, and Engineering.

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History

Originally, Takushoku University was named the Taiwan Association School, and was founded to produce graduates to contribute to the development of Taiwan. In 1907, it was renamed as the Oriental Association Vocational School. In 1918, it adopted its present name of Takushoku University. Literally, "Takushoku" means "development and industrialization" as well as "colonization", because Japan had overseas colonies like Taiwan, South Sakhalin, and Korea to industrialize at that time.

Takashoku University was the second best university in Japan, after Tokyo University, until the end of World War II. After the war, the university was dissolved by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers due to its strong support for militarism. It was then renamed as Kōryō University (紅陵大学; Kōryō Daigaku) but has managed to change it back to its original name.

Notable facts

  • Takushoku University is a leading university of national security in Japan.
  • The current chancellor is a former Minister of Defense, Satoshi Morimoto. Past chancellors include former prime ministers, such as Taro Katsura and Yasuhiro Nakasone.
  • Takushoku University is the only university in Japan consisting of a think tank (the Institute of World Studies) for international relations.
  • Margaret Thatcher received her honorary doctorate degree at this university.
  • The faculty of political science and economics is the third oldest in the country after Waseda and Meiji universities.

    • Sports

    Takushoku University was responsible for training many of Japanese local and colonial administrators as well as overseas merchants. Several of these people who were karateka (practitioners of karate) took up administrative positions in the Japan Karate Association when it was founded in 1949. The university's karate club was founded around 1924 and has produced many prominent karate instructors and competitors. The university also has a judo program, which produced a second-place result in a 1967 Japanese collegiate competition.

    References

    Takushoku University Wikipedia
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