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The title of the incorporated school, "Tesshoukan (that operates the College)," dates back into the 19th century as our progenitor, Jishow Kameda, having learned modern Western medicine in Nagasaki, opened a private school to teach those who aspired to learn medicine. Ever since our commitment to education had continued into the 21st century by educating nurses who are well qualified and essential in health care services while responding to changes in health care and society. In recent years, complexity and advancement in health care services have been demanding nurses to have higher-level competencies to fulfill ever-expanding roles and responsibilities. Based on our bel…
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Kagoshima University is situated at the southern gateway of the Japanese Archipelago to the Asian region and is blessed with a rich natural environment of seas, volcanic mountains, and islands. During the reform and modernization of Japan in the middle of the nineteenth century, Kagoshima produced many leaders who boldly took on the many difficult challenges. In keeping with his unique geography and history, Kagoshima University aims to be a comprehensive university that contributes to society and the community in sustaining academic freedom and diversity and in supporting the spirit of self-sufficiency and enterprise. Kagoshima University strives to help students disco…
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Kagoshima Immaculate Heart University is a new university for women that opened on April 1st, 1994. We take an interdisciplinary, holistic approach to education based on the underlying principles of Christian humanism. This university has a graduate school of Human Science, specializing in Clinical Psychology, and two faculties: the Faculty of International Human Studies and the Faculty of Nursing and Nutrition. Kagoshima Immaculate Heart University is located in Satsumasendai City in Kagoshima Prefecture, situated in the southernmost part of Kyushu, one of the four main islands that make up Japan. Kagoshima Prefecture has long been a doorway for the intake of innovation …
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Kagawa University is aiming at "Based in the community and Extends globally with the community".There are already several functioning projects existing at Kagawa University. Firstly, "Team Kagawa," a project aiming at overcoming diabetes mellitus and obesity in Kagawa Prefecture and has been running since 2009. Secondary, the project of "Rare Sugars" deals with the production and functions of rare sugars. Rare sugars are monosaccharides rarely existing in nature, have been used to overcome lifestyle-related diseases in Kagawa under the academia-industry-government collaboration. Thirdly, the telemedicine project called K-MIX (Kagawa Medical Internet eXchange) has also bee…
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Our school offers a beautiful natural environment and is equipped with excellent teaching staff and a state-of-the-art training facility. Furthermore, we are offering small group seminars and clinical internships to enrich learning opportunities for our students. We wish to develop our students into trustworthy and sympathetic healthcare providers through the educational blend of highly specialized and knowledgeable teachers, practical experience, and a sense of humanity. As our school is a prefectural university, we wish to work closely with the regional communities and institutions to expand our educational and research activities and focus on regional healthcare n…
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Aya Kagawa and her husband Shozo had a purpose - to rid the country of illness by applying healthy eating practices. As physicians at the University of Tokyo, Aya and Shozo were involved in research into the disease beriberi. While researching cooking rice methods, Aya came up with the idea of using whole rice, rice with the embryo still attached. This is what Aya and Shozo strove for - the promotion of good health through nutrition. This was the founding idea behind today's Kagawa Education Institute of Nutrition. This dual approach to nutrition enables our students to examine their chosen fields of study from both a theoretical and a practical perspective. Our graduat…
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In Kodaira, in the western part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Kaetsu University offers higher education courses that combine traditional aspects of commercial education with cutting edge ideas. As a result, the courses offered by Kaetsu University are unique, not only in the Tokyo area but in the whole of Japan. The origins of Kaetsu University lie in the innovative ideas of Taka Kaetsu, our foundress. In 1903 took the highly unusual step of establishing a commercial school explicitly aimed at the education of young women. The school continued to develop and grow as a higher education institution during the 1980s and 1990s, and since 2012 has consisted of two facultie…
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Juntendo was initially founded in 1838 as a Dutch School of Medicine when Western medical education was not yet embedded as a regular part of Japanese society. With the creation of Juntendo, the founders hoped to create a place where people could come together with the shared goal of helping society through the powers of medical education and practices. Their aspirations led to the establishment of Juntendo Hospital, the first private hospital in Japan. Today, Juntendo University continues to pursue innovative approaches to international level education and research to apply society's results. The mission of Juntendo University is to strive for advances in society throu…
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"We desire to develop students who are willing to grow to their potential." In these words are incorporated the full basis of the University's administration. In an age of universal university admissions, some students are deficient in the necessary academic skills developed in the past in studying for exams. I think this is simply that they have not developed their abilities to this point. For this purpose, and to support students' necessary academic skills, the University has set up the Remedial Education Center, and, additionally, in the "Introductory Book Reading," which has been imposed as a course obligation for all students, books are closely read in a seminar form…
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Joshibi University of Art and Design is a rarity art and design university for women. It is a traditional school that has proudly carried on the spirits with which it was founded 116 years ago, producing countless talented female artists, designers, and educators. Many students have come from abroad to study here throughout its history, going on to make their mark in history after graduation. Joshibi's educational objectives are to bring out all its students' capabilities and sensibilities, cultivating them such that they may be used in the professional sphere. Come to Joshibi, which offers the most secure environment in the world for women to study art and design, r…
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Mikio Mizuta, the founder of Josai University, established the university based on the spiritual legacy "to build character through learning," He said the following in his first graduation speech of the university. "Do not bewail your situation or circumstances in life. Everyone has to take responsibility to make his/her circumstances. The poorer your circumstances, the more you will learn from the struggling process". Mikio Mizuta said it when the university was just built, and the university could not even provide well-equipped facilities and environment back then. Our aim here is the further development of teaching and research. Establishment of the Mizuta Mikio Memo…
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JIU was founded in 1992 by the Josai University Corporation in the city of Togane, Chiba Prefecture, about 90 minutes from downtown Tokyo. There are four graduate schools Graduate School of Global Humanities, Graduate School of Management and Information Sciences, Graduate School of Social Welfare, and Graduate School of Business Design. The university has over 6,000 students, including the undergraduate student body and the graduate program. Many of the students come from various foreign countries. Our Global Vision is to prepare students for employment in a broad range of fields, courses in English and necessary computer skills are required in all departments. For b…
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From its establishment on October 1, 1978, to the current day, Joetsu University of Education has worked tirelessly to fulfill its social responsibility—its mission—to train school educators with a rich sense of practical leadership, reeducate current educators and conduct varied and high-level research related to education. The University has a history of fewer than 40 years, which is certainly not long, yet we have been recognized for leaving our mark in the educational world. The Joetsu University of Education is dedicating its energies to the cultivation of educators who possess a sense of vocation, a love for their fellow humans, and a creative spirit. In 2008, …
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Jissen Women's Educational Institute is the umbrella organization covering Jissen Women's University, Jissen Women's Junior College, and Jissen Joshi Gakuen Junior and Senior High Schools. Here we introduce necessary information about Jissen Women's Educational Institute. Jissen Women's University was founded in 1899 by Utako Shimoda, a pioneer in Japanese women's education. At a time of relative social inequality for women, Shimoda was deeply knowledgeable about aspects of Japanese culture that ranged from waka poems to classical literature and had a broad knowledge of home economics encompassing food, clothing, and shelter. The very embodiment of jissen (taking action…
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The Jin-ai Education Academy was founded in 1898. The Jin-ai Education Academy is comprised of a kindergarten, a girly girl's high school, women's junior college, and the university, which is co-ed. In its original Japanese,(Jin-ai Kaikyouen) means Jin-ai Association of Teaching Gardens. The central tenet is that students, much like flowers in a garden, need attention, care, and the proper environment to flourish. Jin-ai's educational philosophy stems from Buddhist teachings and ideology. This philosophy's overall essence is best represented in the statue symbolizing (Shaka) or Buddha's birth. The right hand is raised toward the infinite universe. This signifies that …
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Jichi Medical University, in collaboration with Japan's prefectures, was established to educate dedicated doctors of ethical standing in order to provide highly skilled medical care in remote areas of Japan where medical aid is limited, to promote the health and wellbeing of people living in rural communities, and to contribute to the advancement of medicine. Jichi Medical University was established in 1972 to improve and ensure the health and wellbeing of residents living in areas where medical care is limited. The 47 prefectural governments of Japan established the university. The mission of Jichi Medical University is to contribute to the advancement of medicine a…
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Based on the Red Cross's humanitarian spirit, doctors and nurses are dispatched to disaster areas to work as members of relief squads both in Japan and overseas. We have adopted the fundamental principles of the Red Cross as our school philosophy to advocate humanitarian spirit. Thus, our education curriculum consists of five major concepts: human beings, environment, health, nursing, and the Red Cross. We provide courses, including Disaster Nursing and Disaster Relief, which correlate with nursing studies in each specialization area. Medical providers are required to have a warm heart, calm and accurate judgment, and reliable skills. In order to meet such requi…
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Japanese Red Cross Kyushu International College of Nursing (JRCKICN) was established in 2001 under the Japanese Red Cross Academy. Our nursing education is based on the philosophy of 'Humanity,' one of the seven principles of the Red Cross. Our goal is to educate students to be professional nurses who can protect human dignity and advocate for human rights through nursing practice. As the only Red Cross nursing college in Japan bearing "international" in its name, our nursing education is focused on internationalism. The spirit is reflected in our slogan: Let us care for the world just as we care for an individual. It has been 125 years since the Japanese Red Cross Soci…
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Japanese Red Cross Hiroshima College of Nursing is an affiliate of the Japanese Red Cross Society, an affiliate of the International Red Cross. The International Red Cross was founded in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1864. Henri Dunant's concern for wounded soldiers in battle led to the establishment of the International Red Cross. In 1877, the Hakuaisha, or Philanthropy Society, was founded in Japan by Count Tsunetami Sano, Yuzuru Ogyu, and others. In 1887, Hakuaisha renamed the Japanese Red Cross Society. The educational ideal of the Japanese Red Cross Hiroshima College of Nursing (JRCHCN) is human caring. Human caring cherishes the dignity of human life and wisdom based on…
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We support every student in establishing their identity as women in today's world. Since its establishment in 1901, Japan Women's University has been at the vanguard of women's education in Japan, based on the ideal of our founder, Jinzo Naruse, that women should be 'educated first and foremost as human beings' (Women's Education). When inequality between men and women was still taken for granted in both Japan and Western countries, Naruse promoted the education of women as equals to men. He wished to free women from outdated modes of thinking towards a new awareness and pride in themselves as women and citizens of the world. From the early days of social inequality, …
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"Women's sports should be elegant and feminine, producing healthy mothers," said Tokyo Nikaido, the founder of the Nikaido Taisojuku (Nikaido Gymnastic Private School), which was the forerunner of the Japan Women's College of Physical Education. Nikaido went to the UK, a country of advanced sports, and studied for two years at King's Field College. During her stay in the UK, she found her mission in life to be a sports educator. After returning to Japan, Nikaido founded Nikaido Taisojuku believing in, "Women's sports by women." Adopting the philosophies of the schools at which she had studied in the UK, she formed her educational philosophy: "To achieve the ideal of women…
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The Japan University of Economics was established as a college specializing in Economics in 1968 and now specialized in Economics, Business, and Management. JUE currently has become a leading institution in accepting international students in Japan. Based upon our founding principles, we accept students from all walks of life who have minds rich in the spirit of inquiry into the field of economics and the spirit to take on challenges. Put another way, the fundamental educational principle of the Japan University of Economics is the cultivation of creative economists through the individual's development, based upon the recognition that the awakening of innate individual …
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This school's mission is to train persons who "serve God and the world in the spirit of Christ" through "instruction which values each individual." Christianity, the founding spirit that is JLC's legacy, does not only appear in lectures but is part of all campus life. Much can be learned and gained from the daily interactions with faculty, staff, and other students. Japan Lutheran College has a Campus Christian Center, where the Chaplain (pastor) provides leadership for all the worship-related activities and programs on campus. The Chaplain is served by a Chaplain's Assistant and other helpers and student volunteers who make up the Worship Committee. There are chapel …
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The Japan Institute of the Moving Image develops individuals capable of taking action and communication and contributing to a wide range of fields by producing videos and motion pictures. We help promote community activities through movies and encourage cultural exchange by connecting with the rest of Asia and the world as a research institution. Students receive detailed guidance in small classes designed to place students in an active stance towards their learning. Students do not learn only at their desks but by finding their study subjects through filmmaking and fieldwork in groups. They will discover problems for themselves and approach them from various angles thr…
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JAIST was founded in October 1990 as the first independent national graduate school to carry out graduate education based on research at the highest level in advanced science and technology. JAIST aims at establishing an ideal model of graduate education for Japan. JAIST was incorporated as a National University Corporation in April 2004. JAIST endeavors to foster leaders capable of contributing to the making of a future world by creating science and technology through its most advanced education and research in an ideal academic environment.JAIST develops leaders in society or industry who hold credible expertise in frontier science and technology, broad perspectives, …
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