Shimane University
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is a national university
in Matsue, Shimane
, Japan
. The predecessor of the school, Shimane High School, was founded in 1920, and was eventually chartered as a university in 1949.
Japanese national university
As of 2008, there were 87 , 89 public universities and 580 private universities in Japan. National universities, tend to be held in higher regard in higher education in Japan than private or public universities....
in Matsue, Shimane
Matsue, Shimane
is the capital city of Shimane Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan.As of August, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 207,000, following its most recent merging with Higashi-Izumo...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The predecessor of the school, Shimane High School, was founded in 1920, and was eventually chartered as a university in 1949.