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Keio University (慶應義塾大学 Keiō Gijuku Daigaku) is a private universities in Japan . It is often compared with Waseda University).
The main campus is in the Mita district of Tokyo. Additional campuses include Hiyoshi, Shinanomachi, Shonan Fujisawa Campus(SFC) and Yagami. The university also operates five high schools which includes the Keio Academy of New York, in Purchase, New York.
Keio is known for producing numerous politicians; famous Keio alumni include the Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
As for baseball, it is one of the Tokyo 6 Universities Alliance.
It is a member of LAOTSE, an international network of leading universities in Europe and Asia exchanging students and senior scholars (which also including another two Tokyo universities, the University of Tokyo and the Tokyo Institute of Technology). Keio University is the Japanese host of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), whose staff work primarily at the Shonan Fujisawa Campus.
History
Keio was founded in 1858 by Fukuzawa Yukichi, who had studied the Western educational systems at Brown University in the United States. While Keiō's initial identity was that of a private school of Western studies, it expanded and established its first university faculties in 1890, and became known as an influential leader in Japanese higher education.
Rugby union was first introduced to Japanese students at Keiō University by Edward Bramwell Clarke and Tanaka Ginnosuke. (The game had been played in the treaty ports of Yokohama and Kobe before that, but not between Japanese teams.)
Alumni
Notable alumni include:
Government / Law / Public Policy
=Cabinet Members and Party Presidents
=- Junichiro Koizumi, Prime Minister of Japan, President of Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (Economics 1967)
- Ryutaro Hashimoto, Former(1996-1998) Prime Minister of Japan (Law 1960)
- Ichiro Ozawa, President of Democratic Party of Japan, Former Secretary General of Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (Economics 1967)
- Tamisuke Watanuki, President of People's New Party, Former Speaker of The House of Representatives of Japan (Economics 1950)
- Kenji Kosaka, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Law 1968)
- Jiro Kawasaki, Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (Business and Commerce 1971)
- Andrew Thomson, Minister for Sport and Tourism and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Sydney 2000 Games in the Australian Government 1997 - 1998
=Governors
=- Shigefumi Matsuzawa, Governor of Kanagawa (Law 1982)
- Akihiko Noro, Governor of Mie (Science and Technology 1969)
- Daijiro Hashimoto, Governor of Kochi (Economics 1970 and Law 1972)
- Genjiro Kaneko, Governor of Nagasaki (Letters 1968)
- Yuzan Fujita, Governor of Hiroshima (Business and Commerce 1972)
- Keiichi Inamine, Governor of Okinawa (Economics 1957)
=Diplomats
=- Ichiro Fujisaki, Chairman of Executive Committee of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Law Dropout 1969）
- Shinichi Kitajima, Permanent Representative of Japan to the OECD (Economics 1971)
=Others
=- Masaharu Ikuta, President of Japan Post, Former CEO of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (Economics 1957)
- Atsushi Saito, CEO and President of Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan (Business & Commerce 1963)
- Hideo Shinozaki, Director General of National Institute of Public Health (Medicine)
- Toru Kawajiri, President of The National Institute for Defense Studies (Economics 1973)
Business
=Finance
=- Taizo Nishimuro, Chairman and CEO of Tokyo Stock Exchange, Former CEO of Toshiba Corporation (Economics 1961)
- Toshio Ando, Chairman of Japan Securities Dealers Association, Chairman of Nomura Asset Management (Law 1974)
- Shigeharu Suzuki, President and CEO of Daiwa Securities Group (Economics 1971)
- Junichi Arimura, President and CEO of Nikko Cordial Corporation (Business and Commerce 1973)
- Toshiaki Ito, CEO and President of JAFCO (Law 1971)
- Masanori Mochida, President of Goldman Sachs Japan (Economics)
- Kensuke Hotta, Chairman of Morgan Stanley Japan (Economics)
- Haruyasu Asakura, Managing Director and Head of Japan Growth Capital team of Carlyle Group (Science and Technology)
- Taisuke Sasanuma, Founder and Representative Partner of Advantage Partners (Law, MBA)
=Media
=- Shoichi Ueno, Owner of The Asahi Shimbun (Law 1958)
- Tohru Shohriki, Owner of The Yomiuri Shimbun (Economics 1942)
- Takuo Takihana, President of The Yomiuri Shimbun (Law 1963)
- Takehiko Kiyohara, Chairman of The Sankei Shimbun (Law 1962)
- Nagayoshi Sumida, President of The Sankei Shimbun (Economics 1969)
- Michisada Hirose, Chairman of The National Association of Commercial Broadcasting in Japan, Chairman of the Board of TV Asahi Corporation (Law 1958)
- Shintaro Kubo, President of Nippon Television Network (Economics 1968)
- Yukio Sunahara, Chairman and CEO of Tokyo Broadcasting System (Letters 1961)
=Others
=- Kakutaro Kitashiro, Leader of Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Chairman of IBM Japan (Science and Technology 1967)
- Katsuaki Watanabe, President of Toyota Motor Corporation (Economics 1964)
- Yuzaburo Mogi, Chairman and CEO of Kikkoman Corporation (Law 1958)
- Takashi Ushiku, President and COO of Kikkoman Corporation (Economics 1963)
- Shinzo Maeda, President and CEO of Shiseido (Letters 1970)
- Kazuyasu Kato, President of Kirin Brewery (Business and Commerce 1968)
- Yoji Ohashi, Chairman of the Board of All Nippon Airways (Law 1964)
- Shinji Yamamoto, Partner and Head of Bain and Company Japan (Economics 1982)
- Yoshiaki Sakito, President of Apple Computer Japan (Master Science and Technology 1983)
- Yoshio Nakamura, Acting Director General of Japan Business Federation
Entertainment
- Koji Suzuki, Horror author, author of Ring
- Takashi Matsumoto, Lyricist, former member of Happy End
- Yujiro Ishihara, Actor (Dropout)
- Yo Hitoto, Singer (Environmental Studies)
- Yuzo Kayama, Actor
- Ryo Fukawa, Comedian (Economiscs)
- Sho Sakurai, Singer, member of group, Arashi (Economics)
Art
- Rei Kawakubo, Designer (founder of Comme des Garcons label)
- Yohji Yamamoto, Fashion Designer
Others
- Tsunekazu Takeda, Chairman of Japanese Olympic Committee (Law 1970)
- Chiaki Mukai, Surgeon and astronaut
- Theodor Holm "Ted" Nelson, Computer architect, visionary, and contrarian (PhD, Media and Governance, 2002)
- Sosuke Sumitani, Announcer and sex offender (Economics)
See also
External links
Universities and colleges in Japan | Education in Tokyo | 1858 establishments | Keio-Universität | Universidad de Keiō | Universitato de Keio | Université Keiō | 게이오기주쿠 대학교 | Universitas Keio | 慶應義塾大学 | Universitatea Keiō | 慶應義塾大學
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