is a

private university Private universities and private colleges are institutions of higher education, not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. They may (and often do) receive from governments tax breaks, public student loans, and grant (money ...

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

and Niigata,

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, established in 1947. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1907. One out of every seven dentists in Japan is a graduate of this school. The university attracted international opprobrium in 2006 when its museum of medicine and dentistry declined to return a copy of Andreas Vesalius's De Humani Corporis Fabrica (1552), stolen from the library of Christ Church, University of Oxford in 1995. The book was one of 74 books stolen from the library, 73 of which were subsequently recovered, with the full cooperation of libraries and dealers all over the world. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/features/law-is-not-on-our-side-but-honour-is-we-wont-give-up/203097.article

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Educational institutions established in 1947 Private universities and colleges in Japan Universities and colleges in Niigata Prefecture Universities and colleges in Tokyo 1947 establishments in Japan Niigata (city) Dental schools in Japan {{niigata-university-stub