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, Osaka. Founded as Kansai Law School in 1886, It has been recognized as one of the four leading private universities in western Japan: , along with
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. In 2013, the university was ranked eighth among Japanese private universities for "schools to which parents wish to send their child," and is ranked consistently in the top 10 in other categories as well. The athletic teams at Kansai University are known as the Kaisers and are primarily members of the Kansai Big 6. The Kansai-
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History


Early history of Kansai University


Origins

The academic traditions of the university reach back to the Hakuensyoin ( 泊園書院), an
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(徳川幕府;1603–1867) school for local citizens founded by Tōgai Fujisawa ( 藤沢東畡) in 1825. Kansai University was founded as Kansai Law School ( 關西法律學校, Kansai hōritsu gakko, ) in November 1886, in
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, Japan. Its founders were six judicial officers who were in the service of the then Osaka Court of Appeal.


19th century

In the early 1870s, the
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established its own law school. Western legal concepts, including that of human rights, were introduced into Japan by distinguished foreign scholars engaged by the Ministry. The founders of Kansai Law School had all studied at this law school, under the French jurist Boissonade de Fontarabie. The idea of individual rights and legal processes independent of central governmental control were new to Japan. Long after the conclusion of their study with Dr. Boissonade, the founders continued to feel that these concepts were vital to the new Japan. They saw it as their duty to popularize jurisprudence to spread throughout the nation two notions: that of an independent judiciary and that of human rights. From this sense of mission sprung the idea of founding a law school. They then sought and received the assistance and cooperation of Kojima Korekata, their superior (and later Chief Justice of Japan's Supreme Court), and Doi Michio, president of the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Thus Kansai Law School was the first
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in Osaka. The founders taught that the law belongs to all citizens and, that by means of the law, they can and should defend their own rights. This became the origin of the university's academic tradition of nurturing a love of justice and a concern for the protection of the freedom of the individual. Thanks to the support and trust it has won from the general public, the institution has since then steadily developed and diversified.


20th century

In 1905 the institution was renamed as Private Kansai University (私立 関西大学), then in 1920 as Kansai University(関西大学) before finally in 1922 being granted the official status of a university. Also in 1922 its main campus was moved to its present more extensive site in Suita City (a suburb of Osaka), thus paving the way for later growth. Its first graduate school was established in 1929. In consequence of the educational reforms carried out soon after the end of the
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, Kansai University was able to avail itself of the new system to expand its scope for tuition so as to comprise four faculties: those of Law, Letters, Economics and Commerce. With the start of the new university system in 1949, Kandai established the First Higher School( 関西大学付属第一高等学校). Its Faculty of Engineering was founded in 1958, followed in 1967 by the founding of its Faculty of Sociology. In 1994 in response to the requirements of modern technology and communication, the Informatics faculty was instituted on another campus, created just outside the dormitory-town of Takatsuki City. Its Institute of Foreign Language Education and Research was inaugurated in 2000. For many decades, the evening courses were taught on a separate campus, in the Tenroku ( 天六) area of Osaka. These originally constituted a night school for students, many of them working adults. In 1994 the evening course was moved to the Senriyama campus; in 2003, the university instituted an innovative 12-hour curriculum, integrating both day and evening courses.


21st century

Thus, at present, Kansai University offers seven faculties in its undergraduate day school and five faculties (Engineering and Informatics being the exceptions) in its undergraduate evening school; it also offers graduate studies in all seven faculties, plus the independent graduate school staffed by members of its Institute of Foreign Language Education and Research. The university, with its attached senior and junior high schools and kindergarten, has a total student body of 27,000. In 2016, Kansai University celebrated the 130th anniversary of its foundation. The university made news in 2016 by announcing that it would prohibit its researchers from applying for
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grants for projects that could be diverted into military technologies, on the grounds that its researchers cannot be involved in activities counter to the peace and welfare of human beings.


Campuses


Senriyama Campuse

The majority of Kansai University graduate and undergraduate studies are located in a residential area which is part of the
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cultural area in Suita City, a city in northern Osaka Prefecture. Today, the campus includes 50 buildings and sculpture gardens, fountains, museums, and a mix of architectural styles. There are several gates that lead into campus — East, West and South gates, with the Central Gate being the most well known for the painted seal on its ceiling. The General Library is the largest single library in the Kansai University Library System, and is one of the largest buildings on the campus. The university library contains over 3 million volumes. The university also operates the KU Hall, a professional performing arts center, Center for Innovation and Creativity, and the KU Ice rink.


The University Museum

Kansai University Museum was founded in 1954 with a donation of objects from a scholar and statesman Kanda Takahira (1830–1898). The museum has three gallery floors and approximately 15,000 objects of archaeological, historical, ethnological, and art-craft contexts, as well as some important cultural property. Its most famous object is
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. Notable items in museum include funerary objects that were excavated in Nara and date back thousands of years from the graves of royals of the Warring States period. There are ritual pottery vessels as well as elaborate pieces of jewelry on display. Designed by the acclaimed architect
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(1891–1984), the building was listed in the Registration tangible cultural property in 2007. The building served as the main library of the Kansai University until the construction of General Library in 1985.The museum sponsors lectures and events, and also runs an extensive program of outreach to local schools.


Tokyo Center

The Tokyo Center is on the 9th floor of the Sapia Tower, next to
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. This campus is a base for information gathering and provision, the furthering of lifelong learning, and job placement support in the Tokyo metropolitan area. It is also the base of the Tokyo Alumni Association. The Tokyo Center staff help Kansai University students find work in Tokyo. Kansai University graduates living in Tokyo are there to support current students.


Student life


Student body

Of those accepted for admission to the undergraduate class of 2018, 39 percent were female. Every year, there are approximately 1,000 international students studying at Kansai University. Its international students are made up of students from most countries in the world including most of Western Europe, North America, and South America, Asia, Australia and many countries in Africa. Kansai University also has a longstanding relationship with
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which operates a joint research center and base for Kansai University students and scholars at the European Center at KU Leuven, located in Leuven, Belgium.


Athletics

The athletic teams at Kansai University are known as the Kaisers and are primarily members of the Kansai Big 6. The Kansai-
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Academic rankings


General rankings

Kansai University is one of the most prestigious universities in Japan, with particularly strong influence in the
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. The university seeks to promote student and faculty exchange as well as collaborative research through memorandums of agreement signed with 133 partnership universities in 36 countries. According to a survey among 9,117 Japanese high school students about their favorite university,
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ranked Kansai university 1st place, as it has been for 13 consecutive years.


Popularity and selectivity

The number of applicants per place was 17.77% (79,903/ 14,203) in the 2020 undergraduate admissions. This number of applicants was 8th largest in Japan. Its entrance difficulty is also very selective.
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has been publishing a ranking system called " Brand rankings of Japanese universities" every year, composed by the various indications related to the power of brand, and Kansai University was top in 4th in 2015 in Kansai Area.


Alumni rankings

Kansai University is renowned for its strong connection to business in the Kansai region, and according to the 2016 university rankings by
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, 351 alumni served as executives in listed companies. As of 2019, around 19.6% of undergraduates were able to enter one of the top 400 companies in Japan.


Organization


Faculties and Undergraduate Degrees

*Law *Letters *Economics *Commerce *Sociology *Informatics *Engineering *Environmental and Urban Engineering *Engineering Science *Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering *Policy Studies *
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(Accounting only) *Language teaching *Psychology *Institute of Foreign Language Education and Research *Institute of Oriental and Occidental Studies *Institute of Economic and Political Studies *Organization of Research and Development of Innovative Science and Technology *Institute of Legal Studies *Institute of Human Rights Studies


Graduate Schools

*Law *Letters *Economics *Business and Commerce *Sociology *Informatics *Science and Engineering *Foreign Language Education and Research *Psychology *Societal Safety Sciences *East Asian Cultures *Governance *Health and Well-being


Notable people

Law, Politicians * Akira Nishino - Senior Vice
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. * Ken Harada - Minister of Economic Planning. *
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. *Kimihiro Uomoto - A hijacker of
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(B.A. 1960) - Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. *
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(B.A. 1971) - Mayor of
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Tomokatsu Kitagawa was a Japanese politician from the Liberal Democratic Party, and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Neyagawa, Osaka and graduate of Kansai University, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of ...
(B.A. 1974) *
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(B.A. 1985) * Takae Itō (B.A. 1991) *
Tomohiro Yamamoto is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Career A native of Kyoto, Kyoto, Yamamoto attended Kansai University as an undergraduate and received a mas ...
(B.A. 1998) * Yoshiyuki Arai Authors *
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- Novelist and playwright. * Kanako Nishi (B.A. 2000) - Novelist.
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winner. *Syougo Imamura - Novelist. Naoki Prize winner. * Kim Sok-pom - Novelist. *
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(B.A.1971) - Chairman of the Board of
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(B.A.1966) - President & CEO of
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. *Yasutomo Hukuda(B.A.1936) - President & CEO,
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Bronze Medalist. * Masamitsu Ichiguchi -
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Gold Medalist. * Kim Chae-hwa -
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Nobunari Oda is a Japanese competitive figure skater. He is the 2006 Four Continents champion, a four-time Grand Prix Final medalist (silver in 2009 and 2010; bronze in 2006 and 2013), the 2005 World Junior champion and the 2008 Japanese national champio ...
(B.A. 2008) - Figure skater,
2005 World Junior Figure Skating Championships The 2005 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held at The Aud - Dom Cardillo Arena in Kitchener, Canada from February 28 to March 6. The event is open to figure skaters from ISU member nations who have reached the age of 13 by July 1 ...
Gold Medalist. *
Tatsuki Machida (born March 9, 1990) is a Japanese retired figure skater. He is the 2014 World silver medalist, the 2010 Four Continents silver medalist, and the 2013–14 Japanese national silver medalist. Machida is the winner of four Grand Prix events — ...
(B.A. 2010) - Figure skater,
2014 World Figure Skating Championships The 2014 World Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition held in Saitama, Japan, at the Saitama Super Arena from March 24 to 30. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair s ...
Silver Medalist. *
Kenshiro Teraji , known professionally by his ring name , is a Japanese professional boxer. He is a two-time and Unified champion, unified light flyweight champion, having held the World Boxing Council, WBC light flyweight title from 2017 to 2021, and the unifie ...
(B.A. 2014) - Professional boxer. *
Daisuke Takahashi is a common masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Daisuke can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *大輔, "big, assist" *大介, "big, mediate" *大祐, "big, bless" *大助, "big, help" *大典, "big, law/rule ...
(Ph.D.2015) - Figure skater,
2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...
Bronze Medalist. * Kiyou Shimizu (B.A. 2016) - 
Karateka (; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the ...
competing
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Silver Medalist, Special Award
Miss Nippon is Japanese beauty pageant. In the past 56 competitions, the total number of applications is 118,794 people and the Grand Prix is 54 people. It started in 1950 by the Yomiuri Shimbun and is held every year by the "Miss Nippon Association". ...
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Satoko Miyahara is a retired Japanese figure skater. She is the 2015 World silver medalist, the 2018 World bronze medalist, the 2016 Four Continents champion, a two-time Four Continents silver medalist (2014, 2015), a two-time Grand Prix Final silver medalist ...
(B.A. 2020) - Figure skater, two time World Champion medalist.


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List of universities in Japan The following is a comprehensive list of universities in Japan, categorized by prefecture. The list contains only universities or colleges, either four-year or two-year, that still exist today and are classified as "schools" according to Article ...
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College rivalry Pairs of schools, colleges and universities, especially when they are close to each other either geographically or in their areas of specialization, often establish a college rivalry with each other over the years. This rivalry can extend to both ...
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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 ...
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Kandai-mae Station is a train station on the Hankyu Railway Senri Line located in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Layout *There are two side platforms with two tracks on the ground level. History *October 26, 1921 – on Kita-Osaka Railway was opened. *A ...
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List of National Treasures of Japan (writings) Lists of National Treasures of Japan cover different types of National Treasure of Japan. They include buildings and fine arts and crafts. Buildings and structures * List of National Treasures of Japan (castles), for structures that are part of ...


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