Rikkyo University
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, also known as Saint Paul's University, is a private university
, based on Christian
precepts, in Ikebukuro
, Tokyo
. There is a suburban campus in Niiza in nearby Saitama
.It is known for its liberal climate symbolized by the motto
, who was a missionary of the Episcopal Church
in the United States. Now it is the largest Anglican university in Japan. Faculties of social and natural science have been also established.
collection.
. They have won 12 league championships in their history.
* Did not graduate.
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
, based on Christian
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
precepts, in Ikebukuro
Ikebukuro
is a commercial and entertainment district in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. Toshima ward offices, Ikebukuro station, and several shops, restaurants, and enormous department stores are located within city limits....
, Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
. There is a suburban campus in Niiza in nearby Saitama
Saitama, Saitama
' is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan, situated in the south-east of the prefecture. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated by government ordinance...
.It is known for its liberal climate symbolized by the motto
History
The university was founded in 1874 by Channing Moore WilliamsChanning Moore Williams
Channing Moore Williams, was an Episcopalian missionary to China and Japan and later bishop. His saint's day on the Anglican calendar is 2 December....
, who was a missionary of the Episcopal Church
Episcopal Church (United States)
The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States , but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe...
in the United States. Now it is the largest Anglican university in Japan. Faculties of social and natural science have been also established.
Faculties
- Law and Politics
- Arts
- Intercultural Communication
- Business
- Science
- Sociology
- Economics
- Tourism
- Community and Human Services
- Contemporary Psychology
Graduate schools
- Business
- Law School
- Law and Politics
- Economics
- Arts
- Science
- Sociology
- Tourism
- Community and Human Services
- Contemporary Psychology
- Christian Studies
- Business Administration (MBA)
- Social Design Studies
- Intercultural Communication
Center for Interdisciplinary Research institutes
- Institute for American Studies
- Institute for Leadership Studies
- Centre for Asian Area Studies
- Japan Institute of Christian Education (JICE)
- Institute for Latin American Studies
- Institute of Social Welfare
- Institute of Tourism
- St. Paul's Institute of English Language Education
- Rikkyo Institute of Church Music
- Rikkyo Economics Research Institute
- Institute for Japanese Studies
- Rikkyo Wellness Institute
- Rikkyo Institute for Business Law Studies
- Rikkyo Institute for Legal Practice Studies
- Rikkyo Institute for Global Urban Studies
Other Research institutes
- Rikkyo Institute for Peace and Community Studies
- Education for Sustainable Development Research institutes
Library
The Main Library or Mather Library was built in 1918. The collection contains over 1.7 million volumes of print and non-print materials, including the Protestant Episcopal Church collection and Edogawa RampoEdogawa Rampo
, better known by the pseudonym , was a Japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of Japanese mystery fiction. Many of his novels involve the detective hero Kogorō Akechi, who in later books was the leader of a group of boy detectives known as the .Rampo was an admirer...
collection.
Ikebukuro campus
- Main Library
- Social Sciences Library
- Humanities Library
- Natural Sciences Library
- Media Library
Students
Rikkyo is a co-educational university. As of 2009, female students outnumber male students overall; however, male students outnumber female students at the graduate level.Events
Every year around November, this university hosts its St. Paul's festival. Students prepare food and entertainment for other students, alumni as well as local community. University bands play and famous singers sometimes attend. During this 3-day event, a Miss Rikkyo & Mr. Rikkyo contest takes place.Sports
Rikkyo's baseball team plays in the Tokyo Big Six Baseball LeagueTokyo Big6 Baseball League
Tokyo Big6 Baseball League is an intercollegiate baseball league that features six prominent universities in the Tokyo area...
. They have won 12 league championships in their history.
- Rikkyo's American footballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
team plays in Japan's division one in the Kanto B conference. Their record was 3-4 in 2009. - Rikkyo University also fields a strong program in women's lacrosseLacrosseLacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
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Alumni
The following are famous alumni of St. Pauls:- Masami TanabuMasami Tanabuis a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Hachinohe, Aomori and graduate of Rikkyo University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004 after serving in the assembly of Aomori Prefecture for...
- former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan) - Jiro AkamaJiro Akamais a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Sagamihara, Kanagawa, he graduated from Rikkyo University and received his master's degree in economic sociology from the University of Manchester...
- member of the House of RepresentativesHouse of Representatives of JapanThe is the lower house of the Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors of Japan is the upper house.The House of Representatives has 480 members, elected for a four-year term. Of these, 180 members are elected from 11 multi-member constituencies by a party-list system of proportional representation,...
(the Liberal Democratic PartyLiberal Democratic Party (Japan)The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election...
) - Osamu UnoOsamu Unois a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Moriyama, Shiga and graduate of Rikkyo University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the assembly of Shiga Prefecture in 1991 and then to the House of...
- member of the House of Representatives (the Liberal Democratic Party) - Tetsuma EsakiTetsuma Esakiwas a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Ichinomiya, Aichi and graduate of Rikkyo University, he was elected for the first time in 1993 as a member of the now-defunct Japan Renewal Party. He later joined the LDP...
- member of House of Representatives (the Liberal Democratic Party) - Ryosei TanakaRyosei Tanakais a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Warabi, Saitama and graduate of Rikkyo University he was elected for the first time in 2005....
- member of the House of Representatives (the Liberal Democratic Party) - Mineyuki FukudaMineyuki Fukudais a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Yokohama, Kanagawa and graduate of Rikkyo University, he was elected to the city assembly of Yokohama for the first time in 1999 and to the House of Representatives for the...
- member of the House of Representatives (the Liberal Democratic Party) - Tadashi InuzukaTadashi Inuzukais a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a Senator in the House of Councillors of the Diet . A native of Tokyo, he graduated from Rikkyo University and received a master's degree from the University of Dallas in the United States...
- member of the House of CouncillorsHouse of CouncillorsThe is the upper house of the Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers. If the two houses disagree on matters of the budget, treaties, or designation of the prime minister, the House of Representatives...
in the Diet (Democratic Party of JapanDemocratic Party of JapanThe is a political party in Japan founded in 1998 by the merger of several opposition parties. Its socially liberal platform is generally considered center-left in the Japanese political spectrum...
) - Toshio OgawaToshio Ogawais a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Nerima, Tokyo and graduate of Rikkyo University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998 after working as a prosecutor.- Political career :In 1996,...
- former Senior Vice-Minister of Justice (Japan), member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (Democratic Party of Japan) - Masao Ishii - Chairman of the Joint Staff Council of the Japan Self-Defense ForcesJapan Self-Defense ForcesThe , or JSDF, occasionally referred to as JSF or SDF, are the unified military forces of Japan that were established after the end of the post–World War II Allied occupation of Japan. For most of the post-war period the JSDF was confined to the islands of Japan and not permitted to be deployed...
- Mineo Miyawaki - former vice-Director of National Diet LibraryNational Diet LibraryThe is the only national library in Japan. It was established in 1948 for the purpose of assisting members of the in researching matters of public policy. The library is similar in purpose and scope to the U.S...
in Japan - Yūsuke Hatano - President with the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking CorporationSumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporationis a Japanese bank based in Yurakucho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is a member of the Sumitomo Group and Mitsui Group. As of the year 2009, SMBC was the second largest bank in Japan in terms of assets.-History:...
- Tadashi Nagano - President with the Keio Corporation
- Jyunji Narita - President with the HakuhodoHakuhodois Japan's second largest advertising agency, with gross sales of approximately 700 hundred million yen. It has its headquarters at Akasaka Biz Tower in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo....
- Toyohiko Yamauchi - President with the Kyodo NewsKyodo Newsis a nonprofit cooperative news agency based in Minato, Tokyo. It was established in November 1945 and it distributes news to almost all newspapers, and radio and television networks in Japan. The newspapers using its news have about 50 million subscribers. K. K. Kyodo News is Kyodo News' business...
- Fukuzo IwasakiFukuzo Iwasakiis a Japanese real estate magnate with an estimated fortune of $5.7 billion, putting him among the five richest people in Japan. He is chairman of the Iwasaki Sangyo Group, a major transportation, tourism and hotel company in southern Japan, founded by his father, Yōhachirō Iwasaki.Iwasaki is a...
- Real estate entrepreneur - Mitsuo Matsushita - Professor Emeritus of University of TokyoUniversity of Tokyo, abbreviated as , is a major research university located in Tokyo, Japan. The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano. It is considered to be the most prestigious university...
, Member of of the Appellate Body of the WTO - Yasuhiro Omori - Professor Emeritus of National Museum of EthnologyNational Museum of EthnologyThe National Museum of Ethnology is a museum about ethnology in the Netherlands is located in the university city of Leiden.-First ethnographic museum in Europe:The institution which was at first called the "Museum Japonicum"...
, Professor Emeritus of Graduate University for Advanced StudiesGraduate University for Advanced StudiesThe is one of the national universities of Japan. It is located in the town of Hayama in Kanagawa Prefecture. It was established in 1988. Its nickname is... - Suguru Sasaki - Professor Emeritus of Kyoto UniversityKyoto University, or is a national university located in Kyoto, Japan. It is the second oldest Japanese university, and formerly one of Japan's Imperial Universities.- History :...
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- Yasuhide Nakagawa - former President of Hokkaido University of EducationHokkaido University of EducationHokkaido University of Education has 5 campuses located around Hokkaidō, Japan. It is a national, public university, administered by the government of Japan. The main campus is located on the outskirts of Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaidō...
, former President of International Christian UniversityInternational Christian UniversityThere are several rankings related to ICU, shown below.-Alumni rankings:According to the Weekly Economist's 2010 rankings and the PRESIDENT's article on 2006/10/16, graduates from ICU have the 24th best employment rate in 400 major companies, and their average graduate salary is the 4th best in...
, Professor Emeritus of Hokkaido UniversityHokkaido UniversityHokkaido University is one of the most prestigious universities in Japan. It can be seen in the several rankings such as shown below.-General Rankings:... - Joseph M. Kitagawa - Professor of The University of Chicago
- Minoru Sanada - Professor of University of WalesUniversity of WalesThe University of Wales was a confederal university founded in 1893. It had accredited institutions throughout Wales, and formerly accredited courses in Britain and abroad, with over 100,000 students, but in October 2011, after a number of scandals, it withdrew all accreditation, and it was...
- Ryō IkebeRyō Ikebewas a Japanese actor. He graduated from Rikkyō University and originally wanted to be a screenwriter, but ended up debuting as an actor at Tōhō in 1941. He did not achieve popularity until starring in a series of youth films in the late 1940s...
- Actor - Yuka MurayamaYuka Murayamais a modern Japanese female writer. She graduated from Rikkyo University and majored in Japanese literature.-Biography:...
- Author - Yōko NogiwaYoko Nogiwais a Japanese actress.-External links:...
- Actress - Akira SakumaAkira Sakumais a Japanese video game designer best known as the creator of the Momotetsu series.He also works as a freelance writer for books, magazines, newspapers, and comics. He has co-authored with Akira Toriyama , and Yuji Horii...
- Game producer - Kiyoshi KurosawaKiyoshi Kurosawais a Japanese filmmaker. He is best known for his many contributions to the Japanese horror genre.-Biography:Born in Kobe on July 19, 1955, Kiyoshi Kurosawa is not related to director Akira Kurosawa...
- Film director - Shinji AoyamaShinji Aoyamais a Japanese film director, screenwriter, composer, and novelist. He graduated from Rikkyo University. He won two awards at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for his film Eureka.-Biography:...
- Film director - Toshio GotōToshio GotoToshio Gotō is a Japanese director.He had worked as an assistant director of Satsuo Yamamoto from 1962 to 1978. He directed his first movie in 1978. He continues to make movies to this day. In 2007 he made a film called Beauty.-External links:...
- Film director - Makoto ShinozakiMakoto Shinozakiis a Japanese film director.-Career:Born in Tokyo, Shinozaki attended Rikkyō University where he studied under Shigehiko Hasumi, made 8mm films, and appeared in the then amateur works of other Rikkyō graduates such as Kiyoshi Kurosawa...
- Film director - Akihiko ShiotaAkihiko Shiotais a Japanese film director and screenwriter.-Career:Born in Kyoto Prefecture, Shiota attended Rikkyō University, where he began making 8mm films in the tradition of other Rikkyō students like Kiyoshi Kurosawa...
- Film director - Masayuki SuōMasayuki Suois a Japanese film director. He is perhaps best known for his two Japan Academy Prize-winning films, 1992's Sumo Do, Sumo Don't and 1996's Shall We Dance?.According to Suo:- Life and career :...
- Film director - Tatsuya MoriTatsuya Moriis a Japanese documentary filmmaker, TV director and author.-Career:Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Mori graduated from Rikkyo University, where he appeared in the student films of Kiyoshi Kurosawa. After graduating, he tried acting and even appeared in Kurosawa's feature debut, the pink film...
- Documentary filmmaker - Shigeo NagashimaShigeo Nagashimais a Japanese former professional baseball player and manager.Nagashima was by far the most popular figure in Japanese baseball during his career. His contributions to the development of the sport in Japan are immeasurable.-Biography:...
- Baseball player and manager of the Yomiuri GiantsYomiuri GiantsThe are a professional baseball team based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The team competes in the Central League in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top level of professional play in Japan. They play their home games in the Tokyo Dome, opened in 1988. The English-language press occasionally calls the... - Kazuhito TadanoKazuhito Tadanois a right-handed pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan's Pacific League. He had previously pitched in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians.-Biography:...
- Baseball player of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters - Tomoko HondaTomoko Hondais an announcer of Fuji Television. Honda graduated from Rikkyo University and has been an announcer of Fuji TV since April, 2006. She is reported to associate with Makoto Hasebe.-References:...
- Television announcer - Monta Mino - Radio and television announcer
- Shinkichi MitsumuneShinkichi MitsumuneShinkichi Mitsumune is a Japanese composer who writes music primarily for anime.-Biography:...
- Composer - Hiroshi SugimotoHiroshi SugimotoHiroshi Sugimoto , born on February 23, 1948, is a Japanese photographer currently dividing his time between Tokyo, Japan and New York City, USA. His catalog is made up of a number of series, each having a distinct theme and similar attributes.-Life and works:Hiroshi Sugimoto was born and raised in...
- Photographer - Rei NakanishiRei NakanishiRei Nakanishi is a Japanese novelist and songwriter.-Career:Nakanishi was born Reizō Nakanishi in Mudanjiang, Manchukuo. He graduated from Kudan High School in Tokyo and received a degree in French literature from Rikkyo University...
- Japanese novelist - Yun Tong-juYun Tong-juYun Dong-ju was a Korean poet active during the period of Japanese rule. Known for his writing of lyric poetry as well as resistance poetry against Japanese, he was born in Longjing, Jiandao, in present-day northeastern China...
* - Poet - Zhou ZuorenZhou ZuorenZhou Zuoren was a Chinese writer, primarily known as an essayist and a translator. He was the younger brother of Lu Xun , the second of three brothers.-Early life:...
* - Chinese writer, the younger brother of Lu XunLu XunLu Xun or Lu Hsün , was the pen name of Zhou Shuren , one of the major Chinese writers of the 20th century. Considered by many to be the leading figure of modern Chinese literature, he wrote in baihua as well as classical Chinese...
(Zhou Shuren)
Recipients of honorary degrees
- Henry St. George Tucker (bishop)Henry St. George Tucker (bishop)Henry St. George Tucker , the 19th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, was an Episcopal priest and bishop. His parents were Beverley Dandridge Tucker and Anna Maria Washington and is descended from St. George Tucker of Williamsburg. In the earlier part of his career, he went as a...
- the 19th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (1958) - Arthur C. LichtenbergerArthur C. LichtenbergerArthur Carl Lichtenberger was a bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States. He served as Bishop of Missouri from 1952 to 1959, and as Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church from 1958 to 1964....
- bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States (1959) - Milton FriedmanMilton FriedmanMilton Friedman was an American economist, statistician, academic, and author who taught at the University of Chicago for more than three decades...
- American economist (1963) - Friedrich HayekFriedrich HayekFriedrich August Hayek CH , born in Austria-Hungary as Friedrich August von Hayek, was an economist and philosopher best known for his defense of classical liberalism and free-market capitalism against socialist and collectivist thought...
- economist and philosopher (1963) - Arthur Frank Burns - American economist (1965)
- Edwin O. ReischauerEdwin O. ReischauerEdwin Oldfather Reischauer was the leading U.S. educator and noted scholar of the history and culture of Japan, and of East Asia. From 1961–1966, he was the U.S. ambassador to Japan.-Education and academic life:...
- United States Ambassador to Japan (1965) - Joseph KitagawaJoseph KitagawaJoseph Mitsuo Kitagawa was a Japanese American professor emeritus of University of Chicago and former dean of its Divinity School, known for his work in the history of religions, particularly on those of the East.-Books:...
- dean of University of Chicago Divinity School(1977) - Hanna Holborn GrayHanna Holborn GrayHanna Holborn Gray , is a historian of political thought in the area of the Renaissance and Reformation, and an emerita professor and former President of the University of Chicago.-Biography:...
- President of the University of Chicago (1979) - Robert RuncieRobert RuncieRobert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie, PC, MC was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 1991.-Early life:...
- Archbishop of Canterbury (1987) - Tom FoleyTom FoleyThomas Stephen Foley was the 57th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1989 to 1995. He represented Washington's 5th congressional district for 30 years as a Democratic member from 1965 to 1995....
- United States Ambassador to Japan (2000) - Bill GatesBill GatesWilliam Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen...
- American business magnate (2000) - Bob HawkeBob HawkeRobert James Lee "Bob" Hawke AC GCL was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia from March 1983 to December 1991 and therefore longest serving Australian Labor Party Prime Minister....
- Prime Minister of Australia (2003) - Muhammad YunusMuhammad YunusMuhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi economist and founder of the Grameen Bank, an institution that provides microcredit to help its clients establish creditworthiness and financial self-sufficiency. In 2006 Yunus and Grameen received the Nobel Peace Prize...
- founder of the Grameen Bank (2007)
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, South Korea - Tribhuvan UniversityTribhuvan UniversityTribhuvan University [त्रिभुवन विश्वविध्यालय] is a public university located in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal. Established in 1959, TU is the oldest of the five universities in Nepal...
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Nepal - Ateneo de Manila UniversityAteneo de Manila UniversityThe Ateneo de Manila University is a private teaching and research university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. It began in 1859 when the City of Manila handed control of the Escuela Municipal de Manila in Intramuros, Manila, to the Jesuits...
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Philippines - Trinity University of AsiaTrinity University of AsiaTrinity University of Asia , also known as TUA or simply Trinity, is a non-sectarian private university located in Quezon City, Philippines. Originally established in 1963 as an elementary, high school and collegiate educational institution, Trinity eventually university status on July 18, 2006...
, Philippines - National University of SingaporeNational University of SingaporeThe National University of Singapore is Singapore's oldest university. It is the largest university in the country in terms of student enrollment and curriculum offered....
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Singapore - Chulalongkorn UniversityChulalongkorn UniversityChulalongkorn University is the oldest university in Thailand and is the country's highest ranked university. It now has nineteen faculties and institutes. Regarded as the best and most selective university in Thailand, it consistently attracts top students from around the country...
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Australia - University of New South WalesUniversity of New South WalesThe University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
, Australia - Murdoch UniversityMurdoch UniversityMurdoch University is a public university based in Perth, Australia. It began operations as the state's second university in 1973, and accepted its first students in 1975...
, Australia - Cuttington UniversityCuttington UniversityCuttington University is a private university in Suacoco, Liberia. Founded in 1889 as Cuttington College by Episcopal Church of the United States , it is the oldest private, coeducational, four-year, degree-granting institution in sub-Saharan Africa.-History:In 1887, Robert Fulton Cutting,...
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