Takushoku University (拓殖大学; ''Takushoku Daigaku'', abbreviated as 拓大 ''Takudai'') is a

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, Japan. It was founded in 1900 by Duke Taro Katsura (1848–1913).Takushoku University: Home
(''c.'' 2009). Retrieved on March 3, 2010. It has two campuses: the main campus in the Bunkyō Ward and a satellite campus in

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. Takushoku University has five faculties: Commerce, Political Science and Economics, Foreign Languages, International Studies, and Engineering. Takushoku University is a leading university of security studies in Japan. The current chancellor is a former Minister of Defense,

Satoshi Morimoto is a Japanese politician, scholar and critic specializing in international politics and national security. He was Minister of Defense from July to December 2012, and is professor at Takushoku University and member of the Congressional Forum for ...

. Past chancellors include former prime ministers, such as Taro Katsura and

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History

Originally, Takushoku University was named the Taiwan Association School,Takushoku University: History
(''c.'' 2009). Retrieved on March 4, 2010. 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

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, until the end of World War II. After the war, the university was dissolved by the

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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 in 1952.

Notable facts

* Takushoku University is a leading university of national security in Japan. * The current chancellor is a former Minister of Defense,

. Past chancellors include former prime ministers, such as Taro Katsura and

. * Takushoku University is the only university in Japan to be home to a think tank
the Institute of World Studies
for international relations and security. *

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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.

Organization

Faculties

Graduate schools

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

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) took up administrative positions in the

Japan Karate Association Japan Karate Association (日本空手協会; ''Nihon Karate Kyokai''; JKA; sometimes referred to simply as ''Kyokai'' 協会 in Japan) is one of the oldest global Shotokan karate organization in the world. Origins Gichin Funakoshi played a ma ...

when it was founded in 1949.Evans, J. K. (1988): "The battle for Olympic Karate recognition: WUKO vs IAKF." ''Black Belt'', 26(2):54–58. The university's karate club was founded around 1924McCarthy, P. (1999): ''Ancient Okinawan martial arts: Koryu uchinadi – Vol. 2'' (p. 49). Boston, MA: Tuttle. () and has produced many prominent karate instructors and competitors. The university also has a

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program, which produced a second-place result in a 1967 Japanese collegiate competition.Anonymous (1967): "Tenri U. wins Judo title." ''Black Belt'', 5(10):52.
Athletics club
was founded in 1921. It has participated in the

Hakone Ekiden , officially called the , is one of the most prominent university ''ekiden'' (relay marathon) races of the year held between Tokyo and Hakone in Japan on January 2 and 3. The race is telecast on Nippon Television. This two-day race from Ōtemachi ...

42 times until 2021. Retrieved on August 24, 2021.

Alumni

References

External links

Takushoku University Karate Club

Commemorative Photo-book 拓殖大学創立百周年記念写真集「雄飛」（2002年 3月30日発行）
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