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located in

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, Japan. It has campuses in

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, and Chiyoda. One of the top 9

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in Japan, Hitotsubashi is a relatively small institution specialized solely in

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with about 4,500 undergraduate students and 2,100 postgraduate students. Established in 1875 by

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and evolved from Tokyo College of Commerce, Hitotsubashi has been consistently ranked amongst the top universities in Japanese university rankings and considered the best in economics and commerce related subjects in Japan. It was ranked 25th in the world in 2011 by Mines ParisTech: Professional Ranking of World Universities.Classements de l'école d'ingénieurs - MINES ParisTech
. Mines-paristech.fr (2012-10-25). Retrieved on 2013-08-23. Hitotsubashi has strong relationships with overseas universities. There are around 600 international students and 450 researchers from abroad under academic exchange agreements with 83 universities and research institutions, including

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, the

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and the

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. The university's symbol is inspired by Mercury, Roman mythology's god of commerce.

History

When founded by Arinori Mori in 1875, Hitotsubashi was called the , where it nurtured businessmen to modernize Japan after the collapse of the feudal Tokugawa Shōgunate. The last Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu, prior to the end of his reign, sent

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to Europe during the 1860s, where he learned of their advanced banking and economic system and brought it back to modernize Japan. The school expanded gradually with the support of Eiichi Shibusawa and

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and other influential individuals. Shibusawa is regarded as the father of the modern Japanese economy. Eiichi Shibusawa and Tokugawa Yoshinobu's son,

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worked together to established a number of large business enterprises, as well as academic institutions and other social service agencies which still active today, while Masuda was the founder of

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Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu was the head of the Hitotsubashi family, and that may well be why in 1949, the school adopted the name of Hitotsubashi University. There were talks about a merger with

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, but alumni and students objected—the merger was not fulfilled. This is known as the "Shinyu Incident". * 1875: Arinori Mori established Institute for Business Training (商法講習所, ''Shōhō Kōshūjo'') at Ginza-owarichō, Tokyo. * 1884: became a national school under the direct supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce of Japan, and changed its name to the Tokyo Commercial School (東京商業学校, ''Tokyo Shōgyō Gakkō''). * 1885: came under the control of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan, and absorbed the Tokyo Foreign Language School. The school then relocated to the site of the latter institution in an education district called Hitotsubashi, Tokyo in the vicinity of the Imperial Palace. * 1887: the status of the Tokyo Commercial School was raised to that of the Higher Commercial School (高等商業学校, ''Kōtō Shōgyō Gakkō''). * 1897: established affiliated institutions for foreign-language education. * 1899: separated affiliated institutions for foreign-language education as Tokyo School of Foreign Languages (now

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). * 1902: changed its name to the Tokyo Higher Commercial School (東京高等商業学校, ''Tōkyō Kōtō Shōgyō Gakkō'') due to the establishment of another such school in Kansai district (now

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). * 1920: raised to and became the Tokyo College of Commerce (東京商科大学, ''Tōkyō Syōka Daigaku''). * 1927: moved to Kunitachi and Kodaira, Tokyo, its present location, on account of the

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. * 1944: changed its name to the Tokyo College of Industry (東京産業大学, ''Tōkyō Sangyō Daigaku'') under the order of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan. * 1947: changed its name back to the Tokyo College of Commerce (東京商科大学, ''Tōkyō Syōka Daigaku''). * 1949: adopted the new system and the name of Hitotsubashi University (一橋大学, ''Hitotsubashi Daigaku'') through a student ballot, when the American education system was introduced as part of the postwar education reforms, and established Faculties of Commerce, Economics, and Law & Social Sciences. * 1951: separated Faculty of Law & Social Sciences into Faculty of Law and Faculty of Social Science. * 1996: established the Graduate School of Language and Society. * 1998: established the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS). * 2004: established Law School due to the introduction of Law School system in Japan. * 2005: established School of International and Public Policy.

Faculties and graduate schools

Hitotsubashi University has about 4,500 undergraduate and 2,100 postgraduate students with some 630 faculty members.

Undergraduate programs

* Commerce (275) * Economics (275) * Law (175) * Social Sciences (235)

Graduate programs

* Commerce (Master Program: 108, Doctor Program: 30) * Economics (Master Program: 70, Doctor Program: 30) * Law (Master Program: 15, Doctor Program: 26

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Program: 100) * Social Sciences (Master Program: 87, Doctor Program: 44) * Language and Society (Master Program: 49, Doctor Program: 21) * International Corporate Strategy (ICS) (including

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Program) * International and Public Policy (55) Parentheses show the numbers of admitted students per year.

Research institutes and centers

* Institute of Economic Research ** Research Center for Information and Statistics of Social Science ** Center for Economic Institutions ** Center for Intergenerational Studies * Research and Development Center for Higher Education * Information and Communication Technology Center * Center for Student Exchange * International Joint Research Center * Institute of Innovation Research * Center for Historical Social Science Literature

Academic exchange agreements overseas

As of 2007, Hitotsubashi University had academic exchange agreements with 84 overseas universities and research institutions, including those between departments and departments, as follows:

Academic rankings

Hitotsubashi University is considered one of the most prestigious universities in Japan, consistently ranking amongst the top universities in Japanese university rankings. It is one of the highest ranked national universities that is not one of the

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. Hitotsubashi is a specialized institution only in social science, thus it is not as well known as other big universities such as

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and

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. Although it has only social science departments and the place in the university rankings is always underrated, the reputation is very high. Consequently, its outstanding position in Japan can be seen in the several rankings below.

General rankings

The university was ranked 7th out of 181 major universities in 2011 in the ranking called "Truly strong universities (本当に強い大学)" by

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. In this ranking, Hitotsubashi is 1st in average graduate salary. According to

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, Hitotsubashi was ranked 314th, 314th, 420th, 378th and 365th in the world during 2005–2009. It has been ranked 114th, 101st, 99th and 178th during 2007–2010 in its social science ranking.

Research performance

The '' Weekly Diamond'' reported that Hitotsubashi has the 4th highest research standard in Japan in research funding per researcher in COE Program. In the same article, it is ranked seventh in quality of education by GP funds per student. The economics department especially has a high research standard. According to the ''

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'', Hitotsubashi was ranked 4th in Japan in economic research during 2005–2009."University rankings 2011" Asahi Shinbun More recently, Repec in January 2011 ranked Hitotsubashi's Economic Department as Japan's 5th best economic research university. Currently three researchers in Hitotsubashi are listed as top 10%

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s in its world economist rankings. Hitotsubashi has provided seven presidents of the

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in its 42-year history; this number is the second largest. ''

'' summarized the number of academic papers in Japanese major legal journals by university, and Hitotsubashi was ranked 7th during 2005–2009.

Graduate school rankings

Hitotsubashi Law School is considered one of top law schools in Japan, as it was ranked No. 1 in the passing rate of Japanese

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in 2006, 2008 and 2009. On average, Hitotsubashi Law School was 1st out of all the 74 law schools in Japan according to the ratio, 81.50%, of the successful graduates who passed the bar examinations from 2007 to 2017.　In 2019, Hitotsubashi Law School became 2nd out of all the 72 law schools in Japan according to the ratio, 59.82%, of the successful graduates who passed the bar examination. Hitotsubashi Business School is ranked 2nd in Japan by '' Nikkei Shimbun''. Eduniversal ranked Japanese business schools and Hitotsubashi was ranked 3rd in Japan (100th in the world). In this ranking, Hitotsubashi is one of three Japanese business schools categorized in "Universal business schools with major international influence". It is one of the few Japanese business schools teaching in English.

Alumni rankings

Hitotsubashi alumni are distinctively successful in Japanese industries such as shown below. According to the '' Weekly Economist'' 2010 rankings and the ''

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s article on October 16, 2006, graduates from Hitotsubashi have the best employment rate in 400 major companies; the average graduate salary is the second best in Japan. Mines ParisTech : Professional Ranking World Universities ranks Hitotsubashi University as 25th in the world in 2011 in the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies, although Hitotsubashi is small compared to other Japanese universities in the ranks. The university is ranked 8th in Japan for the number of alumni holding executive positions in the listed companies of Japan, and this number per student (probability of becoming an executive) is 2nd in Japan.

Popularity and selectivity

Hitotsubashi is one of the most selective universities in Japan. Its entrance difficulty is usually considered one of the most difficult, alongside

and

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among 180 national and public universities. Japanese people call them as "tokyoikko(東京一工)" They are one of the most difficult universities for Japanese people to enter them. Universities in Japan are ranked based on a hensachi score. This tells how far from the statistical mean a typical student admitted to a university scores on a test. A score of 50 is at the mean. It is generally believed that the best universities have the highest hensachi score. These universities are ranked 1st to 4th place. So high school students have to get highest hensachi score to enter them.

Evaluation from Business World

Notable faculty

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: ex-president of Hitotsubashi University * J. Mark Ramseyer: ex-adjunct instructor, Mitsubishi professor of Japanese Legal Studies of

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* Ikujiro Nonaka:

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, a member of

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, director of Seven & I Holdings Co., director of Mitsui & Co. *

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: Professor Emeritus, Person of Cultural Merit *

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: professor, foreign honorary member of the

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* Takeshi Mizubayashi: professor of Graduate School of Law *

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: ex-professor, Faculty of Social Sciences *

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: professor emeritus *

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: visiting professor in 1931

Notable alumni

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, Tokyo.

World leaders

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(1978-1980) * The 4th Prime Minister of South Korea

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(1952-1953) * The 20th Prime Minister of Mongolia

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(1999-2000)

Other politicians

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, ex- Minister of Communications of Japan, president of Osaka Shosen Kaisha (now

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) * Paek Nam-un: ex-

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Michio Watanabe was a Japanese political figure. He was born in Ōtawara, Tochigi and graduated from the Tokyo College of Commerce (now Hitotsubashi University) in 1942. He worked as a reporter for the ''Yomiuri Shimbun'', a certified tax accountant, and a mem ...

: ex-Vice Prime Minister of Japan, ex-

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* Shinzō Ōya: ex-

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, ex-Minister of Finance (Japan) * Zentaro Kosaka: ex-

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: ex-

* Koji Omi: ex-

* Tetsuo Kondo: ex-Minister of Labour *

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: ex-Chairman of

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: author, ex-Governor of Tokyo, ex-Minister of Transportation *

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: former Governor of

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* Yasuo Tanaka: author and former Governor of

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* Katsutoshi Kaneda: current

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:ex-Senior Vice Minister of the Ministry of Finance (Japan) *

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: ex-Chairman of Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry * Shigeyuki Tomita: ex-State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan, ex-Senior Vice Minister of the

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* Hajime Seki: ex-mayor of

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City *

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: current Governor of

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, ex-Senior Vice-

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* Takashi Kawamura: current mayor of

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* Zenjiro Kaneko: ex-Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan * Koichiro Ichimura: ex-Parliamentary Secretary for Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Japan *

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: ex-Parliamentary Vice‐Minister of Defense of Japan *

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: ex-Senior Vice-Minister of the

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* Sumiko Takahara: ex-chief of the Economic Planning Agency *

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Diplomats

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: Ex-Japan's

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: Ex-Japan's ambassador to the United States *

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's Ambassador to

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Naotake Satō was a Japanese diplomat and politician. He was born in Osaka, graduated from the Tokyo Higher Commercial School (東京高等商業学校, ''Tōkyō Kōtō Shōgyō Gakkō'', now Hitotsubashi University) in 1904, attended the consul course of ...

: Ex-President of

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, Ex-

* Toshikazu Kase: Japan's first Ambassador to the

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for Disaster Risk Reduction in the UNDRR * Ichiro Komatsu: Ex-Director-General of the

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, Ex-Japan's Ambassador to

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* Kenichi Itō: Ex-CEO of The Japan Forum on International Relations *

Makoto Taniguchi is a Japanese diplomat and academic, a former Ambassador of Japan to the United Nations and a former Chairman of UNICEF in 1988. He received a B.A. and an M.A. from Hitotsubashi University, and then earned a B.A. at St John's College, Cambridge ...

: Ex-Japan's Ambassador to the

, Ex-Chairman of

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* Yukio Okamoto: Diplomatic advisor and analyst * Maria Zeneida Collinson: The President of the 61st

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(IAEA) General Conference * Umarjadi Notowijono: The 2nd Secretary-General of ASEAN, Indonesia's first Ambassador to the

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Harumi Takahashi is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and currently a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). She served as governor of the prefecture of Hokkaido for four terms from 2003 to 2019. She gradu ...

: current governor of

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: lawyer, husband of former Japanese princess

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* Yoshihiro Yasuda: lawyer *

Saburo Tokura Saburo Tokura (戸倉三郎, ''Tokura Saburo;'' born August 11, 1954) is a Japanese jurist who has served as the Chief Justice of Japan since June 2022, having previously served as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of Japan from 2017 to 20 ...

: The 20th

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Industry

Fusanosuke Kuhara was an entrepreneur, politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war Empire of Japan. Biography Kuhara was born in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture into a family of ''sake'' brewers. His brother was the founder of Nippon Suisan Kaisha and his uncle F ...

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, politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war

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, founder of Kuhara

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Masaru Hayami was a Japanese businessman, central banker, the 28th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and a Director of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Early life Hayami was born in Hyōgo Prefecture. He graduated from The Tokyo College of Co ...

: Ex-Governor of the Bank of Japan, Ex-CEO of

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Corp. *

Kenkichi Kagami was a Japanese businessman. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Kagami Kenkichi"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 446. Career He graduated from Hitotsubashi University (then ''Koto Shogyo Gakko''). Kagami was a leader in Japan's maritime insurance b ...

: Ex-chairman of Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., Ex-President of

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, Ltd. * Rizaburo Toyoda: first President of

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: former Chairman of Toray Industries, Inc., former vice-chairman of

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(

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) *

Hiroshi Okuda Hiroshi Okuda (奥田碩 ''Okuda Hiroshi''; born December 29, 1932 in Mie Prefecture), is the former chairman of the Toyota Motor Corporation from 1999 to 2006. Overview He became president of Toyota in 1995 and has worked at the corporati ...

: Ex-Chairman of

and Chairman of

(Japan Business Federation) *

Otogo Kataoka is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NHI), which forms part of the Nomura Group. It plays a central role in the securities business, the Group's core business. Nomura is a financial services group and global investment bank. Bas ...

: first President of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. * Kunio Egashira: Ex-Chairman of

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Co., Inc. *

Taikichiro Mori Taikichiro Mori (森泰吉郎, ''Mori Taikichirō'', 1 March 1904 – 30 January 1993) was the founder of Mori Building Company. ''Forbes'' ranked him as the richest man in the world during 1991-92, with a net worth of $15 billion in 1991 (app ...

: founder of

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(

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ranked him as the richest man in the world in 1991 and 1992.) * Masaaki Tsuya: CEO of Bridgestone Co., Inc. *

Hiroshi Mikitani (born March 11, 1965) is a Japanese billionaire businessman and writer. He is the founder and CEO of Rakuten, Inc. He is also the president of Crimson Group, chairman of the football club Vissel Kobe, chairman of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, ...

: founder and CEO of

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Group, Inc. *

Tatsumi Kimishima is a Japanese businessman who served as the 5th president of Nintendo from September 2015 to June 2018. He was formerly the president of Nintendo of America from January 2002, succeeding Minoru Arakawa, until Reggie Fils-Aimé took his place in ...

: current President of

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, former CEO and Chairman of Nintendo of America *

Hidesaburō Shōda was a Japanese businessman. He served as the president and later honorary chairman of Nisshin Seifun Group, the country's largest flour milling company. He was the father of the Empress Michiko and the maternal grandfather of the Emperor of Japa ...

: Ex-CEO of

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, father of the

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* Masatsugu Nagato: current CEO of

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, former CEO of

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, former Chairman of

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Japan * Noritoshi Kanai: Ex-Chairman of Mutual Trading Co., Inc.

Academia

Tokuzō Fukuda Tokuzō Fukuda (福田徳三 ''Fukuda Tokuzō''; born February 12, 1874; died May 8, 1930) was a pioneer of modern Japanese economics. Fukuda introduced economic theory and economic history for the Social Policy School and the Younger Histor ...

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at Tokyo College of Commerce *

Eiichi Sugimoto was a Japanese economist and professor at the Tokyo University of Commerce (now Hitotsubashi University) who was a pioneer of mathematical economics in Japan. He participated in the Tokuzō Fukuda Seminar A seminar is a form of academic instru ...

: Economist * Ichiro Nakayama: Economist, President of the Tokyo College of Commerce, the first Chairman of The Tax Commission of Japan *

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: Economist, former Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy of Japan, Professor at

Keio University , mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword , type = Private research coeducational higher education institution , established = 1858 , founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa , endowmen ...

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: Economist, Professor of

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, Ex-Minister of State for Special Missions of Japan * Ryuzo Sato: Economist, C.V. Starr Professor of Economics at New York University * Thomas T. Sekine: Economist, Professor at

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: Economist, Professor of School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, Ex-Deputy Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs *

: Economist, Person of Cultural Merit, Professor Emeritus at School of Political Science and Economics,

Waseda University , mottoeng = Independence of scholarship , established = 21 October 1882 , type = Private , endowment = , president = Aiji Tanaka , city = Shinjuku , state = Tokyo , country = Japan , students = 47,959 , undergrad = 39,382 , postgrad ...

, Professor Emeritus at Hitotsubashi University * Seiichiro Yonekura: Economist, Professor at Hitotsubashi University and

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, Director of Nippon Genki Juku *

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: Economist, Professor of School of Social Sciences,

Takashi Hikino is specially appointed professor at the Graduate School of Management at Kyoto University after serving as associate professor of industrial and business organization at the Graduate School of Management at Kyoto University where he taught industr ...

: Economist, Associate Professor of Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University * Yoshinori Fujikawa: Economist, Associate Vice President at Hitotsubashi University *

Hideroku Hara Hideroku Hara (原秀六; born 1956) is a Japanese legal scholar and professor emeritus at Shiga University. He was granted the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Law for his study of ''The Legal Theory on the Distribution of the Synergistic Ef ...

Legal Scholar Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

, Professor Emeritus at

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* Mau-sheng Lee: Professor of College of Law,

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Hisashi Inoue was a leading Japanese playwright and writer of comic fiction. From 1961 to 1986, he used the pen name of Uchiyama Hisashi. Early life Inoue was born in what is now part of Kawanishi in Yamagata Prefecture, where his father was a pharmacis ...

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, Professor at Surugadai University * David Toshio Tsumura:

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, Old Testament scholar, Dean of Faculty and professor at

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* Noriko H. Arai:

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, professor at the

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Others

Zenzo Shimizu in 1921 - LCCN2014712904 (cropped)

Stephen Fumio Hamao: Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church *

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: Nigerian pharmacist *

Aya Domenig Aya Domenig (born 1972) is a film-maker and anthropologist of Japanese– Swiss origin. Early life and education Born in Kameoka, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, Aya Domenig has joint Swiss and Japanese citizenship. Her mother is of Japanes ...

: filmmaker (''

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'') of Japanese–Swiss origin. * Kiyoshi Nishimura: filmmaker * Sumio Kobayashi: composer *

Akira Kume was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He died on 23 April 2020 from heart failure. Filmography Films *''The Insect Woman'' (1963) - Investigator *''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' (1970) - First Secretary Katsuzo Okumura (uncredited) *'' Karafuto 1945 Su ...

: actor * Hiroshi Koike: playwright * Tamotsu Nakamura: explorer,

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* Seiichiro Kashio: athlete, Silver Medalist of men's tennis doubles in

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* Masaji Kiyokawa: athlete, Gold Medalist of backstroke in

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, Ex-Vice Chairman of

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, Ex-CEO of Kanematsu Corp. *

Shinpei Mykawa was a Japanese rice farmer who introduced the cultivation of rice in parts of southeast Texas. The community of Mykawa and Mykawa Road in Houston are named after him. History Mykawa graduated from what would become Hitotsubashi University. At ...

: rice farmer who introduced rice farming to an area of

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; he came from a college that became Hitotsubashi UniversityConnor, R. E.
How That Road Got Its Name
" ''

Houston Post The ''Houston Post'' was a newspaper that had its headquarters in Houston, Texas, United States. In 1995, the newspaper shut down, and its assets were purchased by the '' Houston Chronicle''. History Gail Borden Johnson founded the ''Houston ...

'', Sunday May 2, 1965. Spotlight, Page 3. - Available on microfilm at the

Houston Public Library Houston Public Library is the public library system serving Houston, Texas, United States. History Houston Lyceum and the Carnegie Library The Houston Public Library system traces its founding to the creation of the second Houston Lyceum in 1 ...

Central Library Jesse H. Jones Building *

Zenzo Shimizu , also spelt Zenzo Shimidzu, was a Japanese tennis player. Shimizu graduated from the Tokyo Higher Commerce School (now Hitotsubashi University). In 1912 he started to work for Mitsui & Co. He married the daughter of Sohōka. He resided in Ca ...

: athlete, tennis player * Hiroshi Nakano: rower *

Ryuta Arakawa Ryūta Arakawa (荒川龍太, ''Arakawa Ryūta'', born 3 August 1994) is a Japanese rower. Born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, he graduated from Hitotsubashi University Faculty of Law in 2017. He is a member of Rowing Club. He won a bronze ...

: rower *

Masabumi Hosono was a Japanese civil servant. He survived the sinking of the Titanic on 15 April 1912 but found himself condemned and ostracized by the Japanese public, press, and government because of a misconception that he decided to save himself rather ...

: the only Japanese passenger on the RMS ''Titanic''s disastrous maiden voyage *

Hyozo Omori was a Japanese physical education specialist who studied in America and married the American artist Annie Barrows Shepley. In Japan, they established ''Yurin En'' (友隣園; House of the Friendly Neighbor), which was a settlement house and leade ...

: physical education specialist *

Kichimatsu Kishi Kichimatsu Kishi (岸吉松 ''Kishi Kichimatsu'', ?–1956) was a Japanese immigrant to the United States who worked as a farmer and businessman. Along with fellow immigrants from Japan, his impact on rice farming in the southern United States wou ...

: "Baron Kishi", oil developer in the U.S. *

George Shima George Shima (1864 – March 27, 1926) was a Japanese American businessman in California who became the first Japanese American millionaire. At one point, he produced about 85% of the state's potato crop, which earned him the nickname "The Potato ...

: "The Potato King", the first President of the Japanese Association of America *

Futabatei Shimei was a Japanese writer, translator, and literary critic. His writings are in the realist style popular in the mid to late 19th century. His work ''The Drifting Cloud'' (''Ukigumo'', 1887) is widely regarded as Japan's first modern novel. Bio ...

: author, translator *

Kafū Nagai was a Japanese writer, editor and translator. His works like '' Geisha in Rivalry'' and ''A Strange Tale from East of the River'' are noted for their depictions of life of the demimonde in early 20th-century Tokyo. Biography Nagai was born Sōki ...

: author * Christian Polak: author *

Takashi Hiraide is a Japanese poet and critic. His works available in English translation include ''For the Fighting Spirit of the Walnut'' (2008) and ''The Guest Cat'' (2014), both published by New Directions. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hiraide, Takashi ...

: poet *

Wataru Yoshizumi is a Japanese manga artist. She was born as on June 18, 1963 in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated with a degree in economics from Hitotsubashi University. Yoshizumi started her career as a Japanese manga artist while working as an office lady. Her de ...

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artist * Iō Kuroda:

artist *

Ken Ishii is a Japanese DJ and record producer from Sapporo. He graduated from Hitotsubashi University. He has released work under his own name as well as under the pseudonyms: FLR, Flare, UTU, Yoga, and Rising Sun. Strongly influenced by Detroit techn ...

: musician * Yoshiki Mizuno: musician, member of

Ikimono-gakari The romanization of the group's name does not have the hyphen according to Sony's websites for their albums. is a Japanese pop rock duo from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan consisting of Yoshiki Mizuno and Kiyoe Yoshioka. The group started in Februa ...

Ichiro Yoshizawa was a Japanese mountaineer and expedition leader. He graduated from Hitotsubashi University. He led the second successful attempt in 1977 to reach the summit of K2 and several other Japanese expeditions. Yoshizawa became a member of the Japanese ...

mountaineer Mountaineering or alpinism, is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending tall mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, an ...

* Junpei Yasuda:journalist *

Riko Muranaka is a medical doctor, journalist and recipient of the 2017 John Maddox Prize for fighting to reduce cervical cancer and countering misinformation about the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine dominating the Japanese media, despite facing safety thr ...

:medical doctor and journalist *

Yoshiharu Sekino is a Japanese surgeon, explorer, travel writer, photographer and anthropologist. Biography Sekino was born in 1949 in Tokyo. While a student at Hitotsubashi University, he cofounded and participated in a university team that descended the entire ...

explorer Exploration refers to the historical practice of discovering remote lands. It is studied by geographers and historians. Two major eras of exploration occurred in human history: one of convergence, and one of divergence. The first, covering most ...

surgeon In modern medicine, a surgeon is a medical professional who performs surgery. Although there are different traditions in different times and places, a modern surgeon usually is also a licensed physician or received the same medical training as ...

* Dan Weiss:former Head coach of the

Tokyo Excellence Yokohama Excellence is a Japanese professional basketball club that will compete in the third division of Japan's B.League. Prior to the B.League's establishment, the club played in the National Basketball Development League, winning the champion ...

* Kenji Tokitsu: practitioner of Japanese martial arts * Yasusato Gamō: educator *

Kenkichi Ueda was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. He played an active role in the Soviet-Japanese Border Wars of the late 1930s. Biography Born in Osaka prefecture, Ueda attended the predecessor of Hitotsubashi U ...

's Governor-General of Kwantung

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