Search the Community

The University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo, has maintained its commitment towards Liberal Arts education since it was founded six decades ago. The current changes in society, along with the surge of unpredictable events in which people are required to survive the times by supporting one another, calls for an urgent need to educate the people to broaden their scope to be more flexible in making responsible decisions, which is what a Liberal Arts education is set to offer. The strength of such a curriculum will be an asset for the students not merely in their professional careers but the very source of power to lead a full life. The University of the Sacred Heart bases its educational principles on the spirit of Madeleine Sophie Barat, who founded the first Sacred Heart School in France. This energizing power (called the "spirit of the Sacred Heart") is common to all Sacred Heart Schools worldwide. Our policy is for the new students to choose which undergraduate department they wish to enter in the second semester of their first year to realize our founding educational principles. The students are given time to carefully select which major they would genuinely like to pursue from the nine programs: English Language and Literature, Japanese Language and Literature, Philosophy, History, Human Relations, International Studies, Psychology, Education, and Primary Education, offered in the Faculty of Liberal Arts. Ever since the tragic events following the March 11, 2011 earthquake, humanity has had to confront some basic questions. It is as if we are being told to reexamine those assumed values and systems that we had much depended upon. We hope that our currently enrolled students and those who will newly join the student community at such challenging times will seek and find their answers in their course of study at our University. The educational principles of the University of the Sacred Heart are based on the vision held by Madeleine Sophie Barat. She founded the Society of the Sacred Heart more than 200 years ago. We can perhaps compare the age of confusion following the French Revolution that she overcame to our current situation in Japan and worldwide. Our tradition has been to dedicate our services using our heads and hearts so that we are equipped with a keen awareness of others' needs for the betterment of society, and this traditional energy is what we call the Sacred Heart Spirit. In the years that you spend at the University of the Sacred Heart, we hope that as you pursue your studies, you will also equip yourself with this Sacred Heart Spirit, for it will bring happiness to you and those around you. For those considering enrolling, we sincerely welcome you to visit our Open Campus. We strongly encourage you to interact with our current students and to experience campus life at the University of the Sacred Heart for yourself. The University aims to develop in its students through their quest for higher learning and specialization: The creativity that opens up a new vision. The power of critical thinking. The ability to become fully educated, well-rounded human beings.

Tokyo Zokei University (TZU) was founded in 1966 by Yoko Kuwasawa and her supporters. In her book published for the university's tenth anniversary, she wrote as follows: "The idea of establishing the university occurred to me on the tenth anniversary of Kuwasawa Design School. Tokyo Zokei University is the first university ever in Japan with the word "Zokei" in its name. Using the word "Zokei," we express our thought and strong will toward education and research, which is focused on positively accepting the new consciousness of the society, which is heading toward the historical changes of art-style in the act of expression and broadening the boundary of expression. The word "Zokei" does not only refer to the visual form or an expression, as is generally understood, but it also indicates the standpoint to acknowledge "art" and "design" as a whole: Going beyond the boundary of synthesizing "art" and "design," "Zokei" is based on the viewpoint that we acknowledge all kinds of executions and expressions as a part of social performance. The progress of the Kuwasawa Design Research Institute inspired me to create a university where various problems concerning design directly connected to human life can be investigated. It was also my hope that the new institution would involve general education, including fundamental cultural, social, and natural sciences, and that a kind of applied science, i.e., the theory of Zokei, a broader concept of design and fine arts, would be researched and be established." "The idea was interdisciplinary. At the same time, I had a strong desire to elucidate the essence of modern Zokei by pursuing the connection between Zokei and pure art." The spirit of the founding of TZU is based on Yoko Kuwasawa's educational ideas, i.e., clarifying the meaning of modern Zokei and establishing the theory of Zokei based on a synthetic viewpoint, which can be recognized in her activities as a designer. In other words, Yoko Kuwasawa herself is the symbol of the spirit of the university and the basis of its educational ideas. In the prospectus of the university for the first year, President Yoko Kuwasawa wrote: "The purpose of the founding of the university was to synthesize design and fine arts into the broader concept of Zokei, to study and teach theories and application of Zokei, to master expert skills, to raise talented people with various individualities and to contribute to the creation of culture, the development of Japanese industry and social welfare." In "The Purpose of Education" in the prospectus of the university for the second year, Yoko Kuwasawa said: "Although there are various opinions on the meaning of design and fine arts, they are activities of Zokei which contribute to industrial production, visual communication and living environment causing more comfort and more efficiency to improve the quality of people's life. Therefore, design and fine arts are expressions responsible for society rather than mere self-expression, and designers and artists are indebted to civilization to resolve contradictions in modern society and industry." As her words "Design is not a matter of individuals, but a matter of the public and society" show, the concept of Zokei contains social work beyond individual expressions, and having social meaning is another concept the educational ideas of TZU are based on. In addition to its being synthetic and having social meaning, the concept of Zokei also contains one of the most fundamental forms of expression. As language is fundamental to the expression and communication of information for human beings, so are the activities of Zokei. The concept of Zokei embodies the fundamentals of communication, which is another concept the educational ideas of TZU are based on. The concept of Zokei is the philosophy of education of the university itself. Regarding "being synthetic," "having the social meaning," and "embodying fundamentals of communication" as essential factors of the concept Zokei, we are convinced that thinking about problems concerning "human beings and Zokei" and "society and Zokei" fundamentally and synthetically is the very basis of the education at TZU.

Tokyo Woman's Christian University (TWCU) was founded in 1918 when an inauguration ceremony was held accepting seventy-six women. Since then, TWCU has consistently provided Japanese female students with precious higher education opportunities based on Christianity, emphasizing liberal-arts studies. More than sixty thousand students have graduated, and their activities in various fields have made TWCU's reputation reliable as one of the leading women's universities in Japan. On the occasion of the university's centenary, we would like to appreciate the ambitious vision of committed people to establish this prestigious institute of higher education and express our profound gratitude for their generous supports and devoted works. In the next one hundred years, we will remain faithful to the original mission and promote it more by ever-changing society and the environment surrounding women. Under the principles indicated in TWCU Grand Vision, our undergraduate studies have been developed into a "one-faculty and five-department system," which have started from April 2018, the year of our centenary anniversary. To enrich our liberal-arts studies, we have introduced new types of academic content and education methods in our system, such as problem-based-learning, fieldwork researches, research projects with professional alumnae, and intensive English training courses. TWCU believes that liberal-arts studies are essential for women to be positive and independent to play significant roles in the twenty-first century. Are we always eager to pioneer new frontiers of liberalism? Arts studies. TWCU will sincerely and energetically pursue the quest of" Whatever things are real" and keep up the spirit of "Service and Sacrifice." Tokyo Woman's Christian University's Grand Vision' has been created in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the university as an institute of learning deeply rooted in the spirit of Christianity, and to nurture women who, as cultivated people with professional expertise, can make a constructive contribution to society and humankind as a whole in the 21st century. TWCU's Grand Vision is: To nurture women who, in the spirit of Christianity, can make a constructive contribution towards solving the problems faced by society and humankind as a whole. To educate women able to make their way in the globalized information society of the 21st century and play a positive role on the international stage. To devote significant effort to reform the university's content and education methods, such as will generate in our students, the independent will to learn and the desire to continue to learn throughout their lives. To develop and expand the university's liberal arts education, a field essential for fostering cultivated people with professional expertise is how it relates to contemporary society. To offer support in career designing, our students might establish themselves as women in careers that will sustain them for their entire future. To strengthen relationships with stakeholders and society in general and become a university with the approval and support of society as a whole. Maintain the right learning environment and offer facilities and equipment appropriate for higher education institutes in contemporary society. To strengthen financial support and expand opportunities for further education and research programs.

Tokyo University of Information Sciences was established in 1988 by Tokyo University of Agriculture Educational Corporated and was the first private university to use "information" in its name. Our goal since our establishment has been to create a workforce rich in compassion, possessing large-scale knowledge of informatics to meet society's needs. The founder of Tokyo University of Agriculture, Takeaki Enomoto, was a groundbreaking politician who served as Minister of Education, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture and Commerce, and Communications. He also was a scientist who believed in the importance of pouring energy into "practical science," or science with practical applications. At Tokyo University of Information Sciences, we follow Enomoto's pioneering lead, educating people who can make breakthroughs for the future through technology. Therefore, our educational philosophy is "Contemporary Practicality." Our educational philosophy is "Practicality," as we continue to follow Enomoto's footsteps and pursue development in contemporary society. We endeavor to be a university that also develops emotion and creativity, as is reflected in our teaching philosophy, "Independence and Cooperation." At present, we provide a Faculty of Informatics, Faculty of Nursing, and Graduate School of Informatics Master Course/Doctor Course. Our maxim is "Break Through to the Future," and our educational philosophy is "Practicality." We continue to follow in the footsteps of Meiji-era Viscount Takeaki Enomoto, the founder of the Tokyo University of Agriculture, by developing the two concepts of pioneering spirit and practicality to assist in constructing modern society. Our teaching philosophy is based on "Independence and Cooperation." We will continue to provide research systems, curricula, and student assistance to help students grow while making scientific developments and finding solutions to current social issues. At present, our society is aging while undergoing ongoing digitalization. We want to educate people who can construct the future on both a local and global scale while meeting today's needs.

With its Faculties of both Engineering and Arts, Tokyo Polytechnic University produces graduates to create "new types of value" through technology and creativity. The University originated as the Konishi Professional School of Photography, founded in 1923 to train technicians and researchers in photography, cutting-edge expressive technology. The school was a pioneer in combining self-expression through photography (art) with photographic techniques (technology). Afterward, it developed into the Tokyo Junior College of Photography and later became the Tokyo College of Photography, receiving its present name in 1977. In this way, the school has been a leader of progress for over 90 years. Our current society is in a time where art and technology are merging more and more. Within these trends, we are set apart by our pursuit of multidisciplinary science, or "hybridization of study fields." Our University has campuses in both Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture, surrounded by nature and commanding a view of the Tanzawa Mountains, and Nakano Ward, Tokyo, an international information center. The Atsugi campus has facilities and equipment for cutting-edge research, drawing researchers from around Japan and the world as a place of learning and scholarship at the highest international level. The Nakano Campus is a cultural and industrial center of the media art on which our nation prides itself. It is furnished with state-of-the-art facilities for studying media art and the functionality to act as a base for information sharing. With an awareness that education is based on students' growth, we always keep in mind the philosophy of "putting students first" and strive for them to truly feel glad that they chose our school and achieved real growth. We also endeavor to awaken intellectual curiosity that makes students interested in their studies, something that every individual has inside; we always aim to encourage students' growth. We emphasize that Tokyo Polytechnic University is an incredibly unique school in Japan in that it possesses Faculties of both Engineering and Arts. This uniqueness and the great potential is an attractive feature not found in other schools. We believe we can contribute to the quality of people's lives through both art and technology by bringing together individuals who wish to challenge themselves to create something new. "Learning is fun, and creating things is interesting." Tokyo Polytechnic University is a place where students can truly understand the meaning of this statement. As we near the 100th year since our school's inception, our teaching staff will continue to create the kind of learning environment that stimulates people's intellectual curiosity.

Tokyo Seiei College, which opened in 2005 with Seitoku Junior College of Nutrition - an institution with a long tradition of training and educating nutritionists - as its parent organization, has two Departments in the Faculty of Health and Nutrition: the Department of Administrative Nutrition and the Department of Food Sciences. Tokyo Seiei College originated as an educational institution for "food and nutrition" when Seitoku Nutrition Senior High School was established and then designated by the Minister of Welfare as a nutritionist training facility. Seitoku Nutrition Senior High School changed its name to Seitoku Nutrition Vocational School. Due to this and efforts to provide a liberal arts program for a well-rounded education in addition to a vocational curriculum, the school acted as a parent institution to establish Seitoku Junior College of Nutrition. Seitoku Junior College of Nutrition produced a large number of graduates from the time of its founding, and the institution earned wide-ranging public recognition and renown as a nutritionist's college. Furthermore, the college divided the Food Dietetics Department into two majors to expand graduates' employment opportunities: the dietary nutrition major for training nutritionists and the food science major for training mid-level technicians in the food industry. With these two programs as the basis, Tokyo Seiei College opened as an educational institute of food and nutrition comprising one Faculty and two Departments (the Department of Administrative Nutrition and the Department of Food Sciences in the Faculty of Health and Nutrition) and aspiring to provide its students with advanced techniques and expertise. Based on the abovementioned history and traditions, we have established our college philosophy to foster promising human resources who can succeed in food and nutrition in the future. The objective of education at our college is to have our students acquire techniques and skills founded on specialized knowledge and practice related to nutrition and food, based on the latest information on "food and health," and foster "food experts" who are successful in society, while responding to society's needs. Today, global standards worldwide are being proposed to maintain the durable prosperity of human beings, where one of the topics is the stabilization of "food and lifestyles," which incorporates a wish towards good health. The energy of the young generation, equipped with a strong will and flexible creativity, is further sought after in the future world of food and health. We wish is for everyone to leap into society and contribute significantly while learning together on " health," "nutrition," and "food," which are keywords that are common throughout the world, through our classes in which every student's face can be seen. Our campus is full of expectations for the young generation.

Tokyo Denki University (TDU) was founded in 1907 by two young engineers who played active roles in the industrial world, Seiichi Hirota and Shinkichi Ogimoto, to concretize their sublime idea, "Promoting engineering education is indeed the foundation for the development of a nation." Through its reliable and diligent academic culture, TDU has been fostering students for more than a century with the mission, "Development of Human Resources Who Contribute to Society by Technology." TDU also provided quality instruction based on the two educational maxims: "Respect for Practical Study" and "Students First." TDU continues to cultivate excellent human resources to meet society's needs, changing with the times to make significant contributions to Japan's science and technology development. Since its founding more than a century ago, TDU has made significant contributions to society, especially in science and technology. Our mission is to continue this good tradition of cultivating highly advanced and specialized engineers and researchers who exemplify our founding spirit, "Respect for Practical Study," in action. This is the motto of Yasujiro Niwa, widely known as the inventor of phototelegraphic transmission facsimile (The fax machine) and one of the ten greatest inventors in Japan, as selected by Japan Patent Office. He was also the first president of TDU and its graduate schools. His phrase has been adopted as TDU's fundamental educational and research ideal and guiding light. Niwa's words mean that a comprehensive technology embodies the engineer's character and ideas. Thus it is critical to cultivating engineers who can pursue the essence of technology and create new values with a broad vision. In retrospect, the twentieth century was an era in which Monozukuri, that is, "craftsmanship in manufacturing," enriched all our lives. Now, nearly two decades since the turn of the century, we must apply that same standard of excellence to producing materials and minds – minds that are prepared to "Make knowledge become a reality" in a new way of contributing to society. This century's most crucial factory floor will be in IoT, where goods, knowledge, and ideas are inseparable. Therefore, we need engineers and researchers who can ensure that people who live in the IoT remain safe and secure and who can enrich people's lives by building wisdom and sensibility into everything produced, fostering Monozukuri within both "head and heart." The educators who guide our graduates recognize this trend and know they are responsible for nurturing the young people who study at TDU. They should also emphasize how vital respect for people with different cultural backgrounds is since the world will become more borderless. Therefore, multicultural interaction will become much more frequent and inevitable in this movement. They understand that what should be learned, what goals and dreams should be realized, and what we should contribute to society must harmonize with cyberspace. In this century, TDU will go through rapid and profound changes. To make our next 100 years shine, it is crucial that "all those who come to TDU regard the change and harmony as food for the mind, and keep contributing to society." To that end, TDU continues to position itself for the future and is ready to launch you toward the next 100 years.

Tokyo Women's Medical University (TWMU) is a medical university with modern and sophisticated educational, clinical, and research foundations for over one hundred years. Tokyo Women's Medical University was founded in 1900 by Yayoi Yoshioka as Tokyo Women's Medical School. Her conviction that medicine is a suitable profession for women and the philosophy that medical professionals need to be sincere and compassionate in every way have prevailed over the 117 years of the school's history. Our mission is to uphold her conviction and philosophy to the context of present-day medical education, research, and practice. Our undergraduate schools (Schools of Medicine and Nursing) have been dedicated to educating women, whereas postgraduate (Graduate Schools of Medical Science, Nursing, and Joint graduate school of Tokyo Women's Medical University and Waseda University) and professional educations (Specialty and Subspecialty in Medicine, Nursing and other medical professions) are open to both genders. Traditionally all of our undergraduate schools, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, are devoted to developing women's professions. Our graduate schools, faculties, and hospitals are open to both genders. The uniqueness of TWMU derives from the founder's strong volition to establish women's professions. Her conviction, "sincerity and compassion," enlightens is our commitment to medical services and care provided to our clients. Our medical school curriculum applies a unique learning program based on learner-centered education, and the 6-year curriculum articulates our commitment to excellence. The medical school was awarded the "Good Practice in the Higher Education" in 2003. The university was awarded the "Center of Excellence" (COE) in research for regenerative medicine in 2003. Other necessary and clinical researches are undergoing in graduate schools and medical research institutes. We invite you to explore our university further while looking at the different pages of the website. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. Ten clinical institutes provide a wide range of medicine, including community-based medicine and highly specialized medicine. All clinical sites are practicing patient-centered medicine, which is an expression of the founder's belief. Together, TWMU is academia committed to better healthcare for society. The commitment has been unchanged since its foundation, while the achievement has been build-up for the future of medicine. Our medical and nursing educations must continue to improve to provide the highest professional education available. In the international external evaluation of the medical school in 2012, the school was recognized to surpass the global standards of medical education set by the World Federation for Medical Education. Graduate schools aim to train academic professionals who will contribute to the future of medicine. The university is also a site of basic and clinical research. Our research institutes include the Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science. The fusion of engineering and medicine fosters unique and internationally recognized research in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Our sincerity in research, the extension of the founder's belief, is to provide outcomes that contribute to patients' welfare. Patient-oriented and high-quality medical practices are at the core of our services. Tokyo Women's Medical University is a site of medicine challenges for a better practice of "Sincerity and Compassion" in the global era.

Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences was founded in 1880 as the Tokyo Pharmaceutists School, Japan's first private educational institution to train pharmacists. In over 130 years, the school has produced countless graduates who have helped advance pharmaceutical science, the pharmaceutical industry, and education in Japan. The School of Life Sciences was established in 1994, the first school of its kind in Japan, greatly expanding education and research in this field. A system was established to pursue molecular and cellular level research in biotechnology and the life sciences that fully embody the university's original pioneering spirit and philosophy of humanistic education. We aim to educate individuals to become rich in spirit, able to see the world with a broad-minded perspective and contribute to the welfare of humanity and world peace through the fields of pharmacy and the life sciences. The university's Latin motto is Flore Pharmacia! Flore Scientia Vitae! ("May Pharmacy and the Life Sciences Flourish!") Our primary educational philosophy is to enable students to develop the ability to think for themselves by carrying out a wide field of experiments and research. At the same time, we put great effort into training, emphasizing well-grounded ethics to complement highly specialized knowledge and skills. The School of Pharmacy's educational philosophy is to provide knowledge and teach the skills needed to be a pharmacist working in the medical profession. We aim to foster broad-minded, compassionate individuals who can contribute to the welfare of humanity. Naturally, a pharmacist needs the correct pharmaceutical knowledge and appropriate skills. But to fulfill his or her responsibility as a medical professional, the pharmacist must protect the patient's health and life-based on this foundation by providing the patient with respectful medical care. The School of Pharmacy offers practical training through a six-year curriculum that integrates Basic Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacy courses. Also, the graduate school Master's Program and equivalent level graduation thesis research help students to develop problem-solving skills and expertise as medical professionals. Established as Japan's first educational institution dedicated to training and research in the life sciences, the school has consistently been a pioneer in these areas. We take an interdisciplinary approach to unlocking the knowledge held in the fundamental mysteries of life. Studies in major scientific fields are pursued insofar as they relate to living organisms. The School of Life Sciences' educational philosophy fosters talent in individuals who develop a broad base of specialized knowledge and learn how to apply that knowledge with exceptional problem-solving skills. Students learn to utilize a wide range of knowledge related to living organisms to find solutions to various issues. Studies draw upon diverse subjects in biology, chemistry, and physics and extend to applications in molecular biology, medical science, and the environment. The university's campus is approximately 27 hectares (67 acres) in size. Surrounded by abundant greenery, the campus includes educational and research facilities, community facilities for students, sports facilities, and more—everything a student could need. There are over 70 classrooms and lecture halls of varying sizes, for small classes to full school assemblies. Each is equipped with a projector and other equipment to enable their use for seminars, public talks, and symposia, in addition to regular classes. There are also lecture halls specifically for computer literacy education and laboratories for chemistry, biology, analysis, and pharmaceutical studies. The university began offering a major in Clinical Pharmacy Studies in 1976 and set up the Master's Program in Clinical Pharmacy Studies in 1981, leading Japan as the first university in the country to offer clinical pharmacy studies at the graduate level. The School of Pharmacy has provided high-level education for over 30 years, focusing on training clinical pharmacists. This program provides the opportunity for experiential learning before engaging in real-world clinical practice. The pre-clinical pharmacy practice facilities completed in September 2008 have the floor dedicated to practical training. Students spend approximately one-month training, engaging directly with patients, filling prescriptions, and learning aseptic dispensing methods. The facilities contain a model pharmacy, aseptic dispensary, mock hospital ward, and so on. These pre-clinical pharmacy practice facilities are exceptional in both quality and range.

The Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) is a distinguished university in Japan dedicated to science and technology. TUAT focuses on agriculture and engineering that form the industry's foundation and promotes education and research fields that incorporate them. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology was established in 1949, and its history traces back over. More than 130 years to the roots of its predecessor organization's foundation in 1874. The TUAT Faculty of Agriculture and Faculty of Engineering respectively originated with the Agricultural Education Center of the Naito-Shinjuku Branch Office of the Industrial Encouragement Department, Ministry of Home Affairs Silkworm Disease Experimental Section, Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce founded in 1877. With this background, TUAT has developed as a unique science and technology institution based on agricultural science and engineering, two scientific fields that support the fundamentals of human society, agriculture, and industry. Academic and research activities conducted at TUAT across a broad range of areas can construct a secure and safe society and create and develop new industries. TUAT education and research aim to pursue further the truth based on free ideas and produce learned researchers, engineers, and highly specialized professionals who uncompromisingly reflect on the influence science and technology have on the Earth, society, and humanity. To this purpose, the university herein sets forth the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Charter as its principles and goals. Due to the rapid population increases and the accompanying surges in energy usage, our world faces various problems. Conversely, Japan's population is shrinking, and we are approaching an era with a superannuated society. To resolve the numerous challenges found both in Japan and around the world, we believe it is imperative to preserve the environment and ensure food safety and promote scientific and technological innovation. TUAT engages in research focusing on three critical keywords—the environment, energy, food, and research in peripheral domains. Our graduate schools include the Institute of Agriculture, Institute of Engineering, Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, and Leading Graduate School. Our faculty members and graduate students cooperate to promote cutting-edge research. TUAT has long emphasized the importance of collaboration between industry and academia and focuses on implementing practical science. The ratio of external funding in our overall budget is one of the nation's highest. TUAT also maintains high figures for the number of collaborative research projects and research funds per faculty member. We naturally put great effort into education, aiming to produce world-class graduates. Our programs are designed to cultivate talented individuals who possess both deep expertise and a broad knowledge base. In addition to supporting various educational activities for students, TUAT provides extensive aid to students studying overseas and those engaged in collaborative research. TUAT has concluded academic exchange agreements with over eighty leading universities outside Japan. TUAT welcomes superior international students and researchers to enrich education and research through global exchange. To ensure our educational programs' high quality, we will continue to promote reform and innovation to make our university even better. We will utilize our characteristics and expertise in agriculture and engineering's key academic fields to enhance the university and promote innovation that generates fresh discoveries and unique knowledge. A great many challenges lie ahead, but if TUAT faculty and students come together as one to take on these challenges, harness the knowledge we have accumulated, and come up with new ideas, we will surmount them. TUAT will continue to move forward to enrich Japan and the world and create a brighter society. The rapid expansion and deepening of knowledge and the profound transformation of technologies and social systems they inspired are significant factors characterizing the 20th century. Today, in the 21st century, such changes not only continue to occur but seem to accelerate. The production and transfer of highly sophisticated knowledge (academic and research) have not only come to possess an unprecedentedly considerable significance for individuals, communities, and nations. However, they have also become indispensable in cultural, economic, and environmentally sustainable developments throughout society. Amid this, universities play a central role in academic and cultural developments through their leading-edge academic and research activities. Their presence and role as leaders of such developments are ever-more significant.

Tokyo College of Music celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding in 2007. The oldest private music institute in Japan, TCM, has contributed significantly to the development of Western classical music at home. It created the first symphonic orchestra in Japan, which was performed on Pacific Ocean steamers from 1912 to 1929. Over the years, Tokyo College of Music has taken great strides in strengthening its faculty and staff and expanding the facilities of the school. Now the College boasts a highly qualified and distinguished faculty of more than 440 with the entire student body, under the umbrella of Tokyo College of Music, of over 2000 students. This includes 1,500 undergraduates, 130 postgraduates, 220 high school students, 80 kindergarteners, and 100 Music Preparatory School students. The College's facilities include an 806-seat 100th anniversary Hall, B-studio with a baroque style pipe organ, J-studio, Synthesizer Lab, a recording studio, a Traditional Japanese Music House, Gamelan Performance Studio, library, and practice rooms. The Tokyo College of Music Symphony Orchestra has a long tradition and excellent reputation both nationally and internationally. Each year it holds concerts at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space and benefit concerts for UNICEF. Internationally it has performed in over 30 cities in Europe, the U.S.A., and China. The Tokyo College of Music Chorus has been actively performing with professional orchestras both nationally and internationally. With the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, TCM Chorus has performed Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in d-minor, "Choral" every year since 1979. Other pieces performed under this collaboration include Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms (Symphonie de psaumes)(conductor: Junichi Hirokami), Mozart's The Great Mass in c-minor (Große Messe in c-Moll) (conductor: Alexander Lazarev), and Verdi's Messa da Requiem (conductor: Kenichiro Kobayashi). With the NHK Symphony Orchestra, they have performed Mendelssohn's, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Ein Sommernachtstraum), (conductor: Jun Märkl) and Mahler's Symphony No. 2 c-minor. "Resurrection" (Auferstehung）(conductor: Markus Stenz). Its performance of Haydn's Die Schöpfung under the baton of Junichi Hirokami had the honor to be chosen to be the second most memorable performance of all NHK Symphony Orchestra's concerts during the year 2005. TCM Professor Emeritus and violist Toshiyuki Uzuka launched String Ensemble Endless in 1990, offering an excellent opportunity to perform in a string ensemble outside of school. Since then, Endless performs annually at various music venues in Tokyo such as Tsuda Hall, Suntory Hall (Blue Rose), Casals Hall, and Toppan Hall, garnering critical acclaim in each performance. Its repertoire spans from classical to contemporary with music by Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Respighi, Bloch, Yasushi Akutagawa Toru Takemitsu. The ensemble has recorded with Somei Sato on the CD Toward the Night, hitting the London music charts. Tokyo College of Music is an institute with a long tradition. For 100 years, the College has been playing a leading role in Western music education in Japan. Our commitment is to provide students with an outstanding education that enables them to contribute significantly both nationally and internationally throughout their musical lives. Allow me to take this opportunity to introduce our new president, concert pianist, Prof. Minoru Nojima. Tokyo College of Music is an institute with a vibrant environment. Students are busy with their instrumental training, academic studies, and extensive performance experiences. To develop the students' artistic potential fully, a liberal arts education is vital for undergraduates. It shows them how diverse elements influence music. We strive to prepare them as individuals with a broad perspective. In this vibrant atmosphere, the students inspire and challenge each other to further their understanding of music and increase their joy and love for this beautiful art form.

Tokyo International University was founded in 1965 with a focus on business and commerce. Upon earning accreditation from the Ministry of Education (MEXT), the college has grown into a private university that encompasses five undergraduate and four graduate schools. Also, TIU has been sister schools with Willamette University in Salem, Oregon since the beginning, and has also developed deep relationships with other renowned universities worldwide. Staying consistently true to its educational philosophy of "nurturing truly international-minded people," TIU is continuously expanding its practice-oriented international education. The University boasts a highly international learning environment: of TIU's approximately 6,500 students, roughly 1,200 are international students from over 60 countries worldwide. Tokyo International Universityʼs E-Track Program began in 2014 with the primary focus of providing students from worldwide with the opportunity to earn a 4-year Bachelorʼs Degree with majors in Business Economics and International Relations in an all-English curriculum from the heart of Japan. Studying together with students from over 60 different countries under the counsel of international faculty that facilitate a truly global atmosphere, E-Track classes allow for developing a close student-professor relationship. Besides, TIU provides career guidance for students looking for internships and job opportunities in Japan at its well-staffed career development office on campus. All you need is an interest in Japan, and TIU's E-Track Program will help you on your way to success.' To encourage and uphold an optimal education fitting of the 21st century, TIU provides its students with state-of-the-art technology and learning facilities for their educational journey to success. Designed as a multipurpose English learning center, the English Plaza provides a casual atmosphere for students to pursue writing and language studies assistance. Appointments with academic advisers are booked all electronically via your computer or smartphone. The Plaza also fills the role of an international exchange hub, hosting seasonal events and activities year-round. This bountiful resource is jointly home to the Global Teaching Institute and runs entirely by TIU student interns. Whether you are looking to buckle down on your research paper, hang out with friends and play games, or seek casual advice from an English teacher, the English Plaza is an excellent place for you to call home. As one of the newer additions to TIU, the Japanese Plaza has a relaxed environment that is perfect for international students to meet Japanese classmates and teachers for a chance to utilize the skills they have learned in the classroom. The Japanese Plaza is also home to numerous cultural events, from Tanabata to shadow. There are always Japanese teachers and interns on-site to help international students tackle a challenging new grammar concept or practice their language skills informally. The TIU classrooms are all stocked up with state-of-the-art equipment to ensure the smooth acquisition of the challenging concepts and new ideas that come up in classes. Professors can utilize microphones, big-screen TVs, or projectors and pull-down projection screens in every classroom on campus. Also, loan-out MacBook Pro computers are available daily at the English Plaza, and the entire campus is decked out with free WiFi. In addition to outstanding classroom equipment, TIU also has a spacious computer lab complete with scanners and printers, copy machines, two different cafeterias with affordable and tasty options, convenience stores on each of its campuses, as well as visiting catering trucks to add even more culture and variety to the lunch menu. All official school documents can be gathered through the machines outside of the International Exchange Office for an easy and smooth experience throughout your studies at TIU.

Tokyo Christian Institute is founded on the Biblical, historical and orthodox rule of faith, which was consistently revealed in both the Old and the New Testaments, expressed in the Ancient Church's Ecumenical Creeds, and proclaimed in the Reformation. In response to various challenges, including those stemming from certain aspects of the Enlightenment and liberal theology, contemporary Evangelical faith has endeavored to defend this historic faith and practice the piety of belief. The articles which are the basis of this Evangelical faith, are the following: The Bible, which consists of 66 books of the New and Old Testaments, was written by each writer under the Holy Spirit's perfect inspiration. Thus in the original writings, there is no error, and it contains all that God desires to reveal to human beings concerning salvation. The Bible is the single and absolute standard for faith and practice. The living and true God is eternally existent in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God created all things, visible and invisible from nothing, the same being subject to His absolute sovereignty. Adam was created in God's image in the right relationship with God, but was tempted by Satan and sinned against God's will, thereby incurring both the pollution and punishment of sin with the result of both spiritual and physical death. Therefore, all human beings are born with a sinful nature being sinners in thought, word, and deed. The Lord Jesus Christ is true God and true man. According to the Scripture, he was begotten by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, died on the cross for the sins of the world, was buried, and was raised again on the third day. He ascended to heaven and sat at the right hand of God, where he executes his ministry as a high priest for us. Because of the substitutionary death of our Lord Jesus Christ, all who believe in Him are forgiven of their sins and justified by faith, and redeemed from the penalty and dominion of sin. There is no other way to salvation. The Holy Spirit is a person whose ministry is to convict and regenerate sinful human beings, making them children of God, empowering them for a life of holiness and service, and conforming them to the image of Christ. The church universal is the body of Christ, and all who are born again by the Holy Spirit become members thereof, Christ being the head. In a manner befitting Christ its head, the church on earth should maintain the purity of faith and life and, according to His command, should preach the Gospel to every creature. Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, is coming again personally, bodily, and visibly. He will raise bodily the just and the unjust, one to everlasting blessedness and the other to everlasting punishment, after which He will renew all things and deliver the kingdom to God the Father. What is Tokyo Christian University: It is the premier evangelical university in Japan. Is the only evangelical institution accredited by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), an accreditation that is recognized around the world. Offers a bachelor of arts degree, majoring in theology. Provides a Christ-centered liberal arts education for both men and women in Asia. Educates the heart and the mind for leadership, service, evangelism, and mission. Unites students from all over the world who live, learn, and serve with a high purpose; Christ is all and is in all. Rests in a park-like setting and "green zone" city near Narita International Airport and downtown Tokyo.

In 1986, Tokyo University of Technology came into being with the next Mission, which forms the basis for its operations as a cornerstone of tertiary education and the code of conduct for its teaching and general staff. Fundamental Mission is "To build up human resources that will contribute to the improvements in the quality of life and the progress of Technology". To fulfill the above Mission, the following three guiding principles have been established: To provide education in science and technology that can make a real contribution to society. To provide education through leading-edge R&D with returns to society. To provide an ideal environment for education and R&D. These principles' ultimate goal is to contribute to society and industry by educating young students to become internationally competent researchers and engineers equipped with ICT skills and a creative, autonomous, practical mindset while valuing their individuality. To flesh out these guiding principles, the University has laid out the following specific missions: To provide education that values each student's individuality. To educate, through training in advanced technologies, student's to become engineers and experts with practical competence in diverse fields. To educate student's to become engineers and experts well-versed in ICT. To provide practical training in foreign languages (especially English) to foster an international mindset. Following these missions, all the teaching and administrative staff at Tokyo University of Technology are taking concerted action to innovate its education programs under the slogan "Only One, Best Care" (OBC). Tokyo University of Technology has created one of Japan's most advanced education & learning environment, based on its philosophy that "campus environment itself should be the hidden curriculum of farsighted education." The eye-opening, beautiful, and functional campus also proves that the University has put its philosophy into actual practice. We hope our students will make full use of this well-developed environment to take on the challenge to pioneer the frontier of wisdom in the 21st century. As competition in business continues to accelerate, so makes the demand for capable young professionals who, after acquiring highly-specialized skills at University, are ready to contribute to industry and society upon graduation. To meet such demands, Tokyo University of Technology has recently reorganized its education programs in such a way as to take students seamlessly from essential to professional levels. It has fortified a substantial array of fundamental and common subjects for early-year students across the three undergraduate schools, with two objectives in mind. The first aim is to consolidate the younger students' fundamental knowledge and skills, such as mathematics, physics, computers, and English, that form the basis for the specialized courses they will take in later years. The second aim is to broaden students' views and capacity as human beings through character building and career design. The curriculum toward this end includes guidance in career development, internship, humanities, social sciences and physical wellness. This curriculum will broaden young stude and nts' minds and pave the way for them toward their professional lives. Above this layer of fundamental subjects, common technological subjects are offered to provide a smooth transition to specialized majors in individual schools. In this layer, students are trained to acquire academic as well as professional methodology and approaches. Computer science, biotechnology, media science, design, and health science – encompassed by the five schools of Tokyo University of Technology – are all fields of science and technology at the forefront of the modern age. Practical applications are acutely sought after. To meet the challenge, the University has a high-caliber faculty that includes several renowned scholars and researchers with an abundance of industry experience and cutting-edge expertise. In the 21st century, as every aspect of our society and industry transcends geographical boundaries, international collaboration is becoming indispensable to maximize efficiency and productivity in high-tech research. Researchers and engineers need to communicate with their overseas counterparts daily. To provide such a collaborative framework, Tokyo University of Technology has established exchange programs with Carnegie Mellon University, the Communication University of China, the Berlin University of Technology, and the University of Perpignan. Furthermore, it has established the TUT Digital Studio Systems Laboratory inside the Robert Zemeckis Center of the University of Southern California to promote an exchange program and R&D in innovative image technology. Besides, the University offers a three-week English study course held at York St. John University in England for students wishing to enhance their language skills and acquire an international perspective.

The need to foster global human resources is of paramount concern today in industry, government, and academia. Globalization has been making dramatic advances with the advent of the 21st century, blurring the lines between domestic and overseas markets and bringing about massive movements of people and commodities across national borders. As economies, societies, and cultures are drawn into the whirlwind of globalization, people are needed who see things from an all-encompassing bird's-eye perspective and who can make appropriate decisions within a broad, global context. Tokyo University of Foreign Studies ensures that its students leave with excellent language training and in-depth knowledge of the world's cultures and societies so that they will be able to make a meaningful contribution to the globalization process. TUFS has been fostering global human resources for 150 years, going back to the days of its precursor, the Bansho Shirabesho, an institution for the study and translation of Western books and diplomatic documents established by the shogunate at the end of the Edo period in the latter half of the 1800s. Outstanding global leaders are independent, assertive, and willing to undertake challenges. TUFS assists its students in acquiring these characteristics through diverse academic and extra-curricular activities. Our objective is to foster our students' creativity and critical thinking skills to become multilingual global citizens, active throughout the world. As Japan's only national university for the humanities and social sciences with a name indicative of its specialized focus, we believe we are uniquely positioned in this 21st century of globalization to accumulate global knowledge and interact with the global society. The mission of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies shall be to conduct research and instruction, both theoretical and practical, on the world's languages and the cultures rooted in them, to provide the cultural refinement necessary to engage in international activities and to deepen the understanding of regions around the world through the study of their languages.

Based on the spirit of forwarding Forever, embodied in the university's establishment, and with an emphasis on responsibility and honesty, we foster young people with the practical intellectual abilities appropriate for participation in the global society. Tokyo Keizai University continuously promotes self-reforms in positive response to maintain the challenging spirit and create new traditions. The root of Tokyo Keizai University goes back to Okura Commerce School, established in 1900 by Kihachiro Okura, an industrialist full of enthusiasm who started more than 200 enterprises in such industrial fields as construction, steel, fiber, etc., which played a crucial part in the development of the Japanese economy in the Meiji and Taisho eras. The school became Tokyo Keizai University in 1949 after a few name changes. Since its establishment, Tokyo Keizai University has been focused on developing young people who would be active on the international stage and has subsequently made inestimable contributions to the development of contemporary business in Japan. This challenging spirit characteristic of the university continues in its second century. Tokyo Keizai University nurtures talented individuals to have a challenging spirit and high ethical standards through "Practical learning backed by liberal arts education." The root of Tokyo Keizai University goes back to Okura Commerce School, established by Kihachiro Okura, an industrialist who built a conglomerate in a single generation. Despite being heavily damaged due to the Great Kanto Earthquake 20 years after its foundation in 1900 in Akasaka, Okura Commerce School was promoted to a higher commercial school and prospered, becoming well-known for its graduate's high employment rate. However, from the beginning of World War II and through to the end of the war, the school went through several changes. Newly renamed to Okura College of Economics, the school was devastated by the US military's bombardment destroying most of the school. To rebuild, the school was moved to its current location in Kokubunji. The school's staff and students were forced to rebuild the school independently, without the founder Okura's financial support. However, due to the committed and dedicated efforts of students, faculty, staff, and alumni, which we term "TKU Spirit," our university was approved for promotion to a university, and in 1949 we became known as Tokyo Keizai University. Since then, we have aimed to be an institution that carries out high-quality education supported by liberal academic research. Looking back on the traditions that we have come to embrace and the history of overcoming a problematic hardship, we aim to provide "Practical education backed by liberal arts education" Practical education that has been expanded on since the foundation of the Okura Commerce School, and liberal arts education, academism-oriented education that evolved post-war. Our goal is to instill students with high ethical standards through a sense of responsibility and trust and pass on the TKU challenging spirit of "Forward Forever."

Viscount Takeaki Enomoto founded Tokyo University of Agriculture (Tokyo NODAI), a cosmopolitan figure in modern Japan and a scientist who served as Minister of Education, Foreign Affairs, Post and Telecommunications, and Agriculture the Meiji Period. INITIALLY, Tokyo NODAI was established as the Department of Agriculture at the Ikueiko School of the Tokugawa Ikuei-kai Foundation in 1891. Today, it has grown into a full-scale agricultural university with two graduate schools, six undergraduate faculties with 22 departments, and a junior college with three departments conducting education and research across a wide range of areas, including bioscience, food science, environmental science, health science, energy, and regional regeneration. Going forward, Tokyo NODAI will continue to develop human resources with an "agricultural spirit" that values life in order to fulfill our mission to contribute to the world with morality, for the happiness of humanity, based on "Return Man to the Farm," the educational principle of our University, and "Practical Science," our approach to teaching and research. What is "Practical Science" at the time of the foundation of the Tokyo University of Agriculture? "Practical Science" is the school motto advocated by the first President YOKOI Tokiyoshi. Its original fundamental principle lies in the rational spirit in which problems are totally grasped and analyzed considering diversified conditions and eventually solved through pursuing theories and means. "Practical Science" is a multi-disciplinary science, and the fundamental principle is "Return man to the farm". Agriculture science is the wisdom of agriculture. The inductive approach is symbolized by the words, "Ask rice plant about rice plant, ask farmers about agriculture". Introduction of a rural idea to the city and creation of cultural and creative agricultural village is aimed. The views of self-sufficiency in food production and maintaining sustainable land are emphasized. Tokyo University of Agriculture celebrated the 125th anniversary in 2016. With such a background, the new library opened in April 2014. The library holds a collection of approximately 550,000 items. We are unique among university libraries as 80% of the holdings deal specifically with agricultural sciences. We are also well known for our collection of classic and rare books on agriculture dating back to the Edo period's days. The new library was established to embody the University's identity. The library building is next to the forested campus garden, which is regarded as a symbolic space as our University attaches weight to co-existing with nature. The building has been designed in the image of a giant tree standing powerfully in the garden. Each floor of the library is furnished with bookshelves made from domestic timber. Users can see the trees of the garden down below from the library. These offer users a comfortable study environment and may help to induce a feeling of harmony with nature. At the Extension Center, we provide a variety of learning opportunities geared toward the needs of society. We also publish and publicize scholarly information from many different areas and scopes offered at Tokyo NODAI and research and education outcomes at our institution.

Tokyo Future University is located in 34-12 Senjuakebono-machi, Adachi-Ku, Tokyo. It was established in 2007. The president is Dr. Ikuo Daibo. The honorary president is Dr. Akira Tago, who is a well-known psychology professor. Tokyo Future University consists of two departments: Child Psychology (established in 2007) Motivation and Behavioral Sciences (established in 2012). The School of Child Psychology studies children's minds to learn about people's way of thinking. We can broaden a child's future possibilities by looking into psychology, nursing, and education. The School of Motivation and Behavioral Sciences is the first throughout Japan to study motivation. We study methods in motivating oneself, surrounding people, and organizations. Motivation is related to every field. For example, in a company's case, a person with leadership skills who can successfully manage a project through the proper employment of human resources is necessary. A teacher who can motivate youths and students to lead a fulfilling school life is essential in a school. We study motivation systematically through three categories: management, psychology and communication, and education. Our University has a homeroom system. Each homeroom is under a faculty member and a CA. The CA mainly supports daily life issues and career guidance. Students can ask their CA any question or ask for advice. In Tokyo Future University, we focus on deepening personal knowledge through active communication between students and professors by lecturing in small classes. Students and professors work closely and develop lectures full of enthusiasm. In Tokyo Future University, we train people to be able to: Adapt to any situation and use their experiences to solve any problem. Think independently and implement ideas. Students learn from our most up-to-date and practical curriculum, training them to appropriately respond to a company or organization's needs in the future. Tokyo Future University's curriculum provides students with opportunities to earn trade and professional qualifications. Starting from the first year, we have programs that help students achieve successful job-hunting during their third year and onward. While job-hunting is not the primary purpose of this program, we do train students to earn skills that suit the needs of a company or organization.

Tokyo Union Theological Seminary (TUTS) has deep roots and a rich tradition. Its story reaches back to the earliest beginnings of the Protestant church movement in Japan. Protestant theological education began in Japan among the earliest converts. In 1872, the first theological class was held in Yokohama by Samuel R. Brown, a missionary of the Reformed Church in America (RCA). The following year, Henry Stout, also of the RCA, opened a theological training center in Nagasaki. Soon afterward, American Presbyterian missionaries Thompson, Carrothers, and Hepburn and missionaries of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland, started their work in similar ways in Yokohama and Tokyo. TUTS continues to cherish its relationships with the churches of the Reformed and Methodist traditions. At the same time, it continues to be inspired by the spirit and theological convictions of Masahisa Uemura. It is significantly influenced by his emphasis on the formation of healthy, responsible churches. Academically, TUTS is widely respected as a leading theological institution in Japan. At the same time, it is evangelical and dedicated to preparing men and women for the challenging task of Christian ministry in Japan and around the world. TUTS is an accredited university and graduate school of theology. A few students enroll directly after graduating from high school and begin a four-year college course leading to a Bachelor of Divinity degree. Most continue for an additional two years to gain the equivalent of a Master of Divinity degree. Most new students, however, have already completed a four-year college degree program. These students study for two years to achieve an undergraduate degree in theology and study for additional two years to obtain the equivalent of a Master of Divinity degree. Also, TUTS offers a program leading to a doctoral degree in Biblical Studies or Systematic Theology. The seminary campus is located in Mitaka, about 20 kilometers west of downtown Tokyo. The 1.6-hectare campus is adjacent to International Christian University and Japan Lutheran College & Seminary, with which meaningful cooperative relationships are maintained. In the shape of a cross, the main seminary building contains a chapel, classrooms, faculty offices, meeting rooms, and administrative offices. The library building provides additional classrooms, faculty offices, missiological institutes, a pastoral care center, and a large meeting room. The dormitory and faculty housing are on campus. The seminary has one of the largest theological libraries in Asia: approximately 100,000 volumes, mostly Japanese, German, and English. TUTS stresses both spiritual and intellectual disciplines and emphasizes both academic and practical training. The faculty and students lead the daily chapel services, and nearly all participate in regularly scheduled retreats. They also serve actively in local churches. The TUTS curriculum develops a foundation for theological study by emphasizing the liberal arts and reading knowledge of English and German. Upon this base is built a framework of biblical studies, including Greek and Hebrew, of church history, systematic theology, and practical theology. At the master's degree level, academic work culminates in writing a thesis in either the biblical field or the systematic field. Practical training is also emphasized. Theory and practice of pastoral work, preaching, worship, counseling, Christian education, and church administration prepare students for entering the church ministry. A supervised field education program provides direction and oversight for both regular participation and service in local churches throughout the seminary career and summer field education.

Tokyo Dental College marked its 120th anniversary in 2010. Its predecessor, Takayama Dental School, was founded in 1890 as the first dental education institution in Japan. Since then, the college has continued to contribute to the development of dental medicine and the nation's oral health for over a century. We can now boast a long record of furnishing our students with the knowledge and skills they need to provide the best that modern dental medicine has to offer, thus earning our patients' trust. Recent years have seen remarkable progress in the field of medicine and dental medicine. And nowhere more so than in the field of regenerative medicine, which promises significant changes in what we can expect from medicine in the future. We are now faced with a rapidly aging population. It will be the dental professional's duty to help this group retain oral health and function, thus ensuring that the patient's overall health will also be maintained. This means that the dentist will need to diagnose and treat dental problems while also identifying their potential effect on overall systemic health. Besides, the globalization of society as a whole means we must foster young dentists capable of playing an active role on the international stage. As a part of this project, we have initiated an Elective Study Program to equip our alumni with a high level of education they will need to provide the medical care expected from them. We aim to remain a dental school with a heart, never forgetting our educational philosophy based on our foundation motto: "Character building is the first step in becoming a dentist." Tokyo Dental College is proud of its tradition and status as the oldest dental education institute in Japan. On this, our 120th anniversary, our main campus will move to Suidobashi in Tokyo, making history as we move forward into the coming century. We are firm in our resolution to contribute to the oral health of the community. We will do so by promoting dental medicine's continuous development through cooperation with other medical colleges and medical institutions. Thus, together with our other two facilities in Chiba and Ichikawa, we will provide cutting-edge medical care to all our patients. Tokyo Dental College has been selected as the first single-department college by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) to address the following two programs. These support programs are called GP (Good Practice). To foster high-level dental skills and the dentists themselves as a fully-rounded individual, we have offered an IT environment for each step of the curriculum to promote high-quality dental education since 1998. Specifically, we have instituted consistent evaluation for each student throughout the six years of their course, using an original database to manage their entire examination history during that period. We have named this structured evaluation system "Global Evaluation."

Since 1881, we have helped students develop specialized knowledge and high-quality skills. Educators and members of the Career Path Support Center, Student Support Center, and International Studies Center will provide you with the assistance you need to meet your goals. Mr. Tatsugoro Watanabe established the forerunner of Tokyo Kasei University in 1881 to nurture female teachers of wisdom and virtue who could teach sewing. By teaching sewing, women could become independent and contribute to society. Helping women achieve autonomy in this way was our founding spirit. In 2016, we celebrated our 135th anniversary, retaining this same spirit. Our many graduates are working throughout Japan, putting their skills to use in all areas of society. Our first school president, Mr. Seishiro Aoki, sought to develop individuals with compassion for others. He hoped to help women acquire knowledge, expertise in their fields of study, flexible thinking skills, and a proactive ability to put these into action. Such women, moreover, would always be mindful of the importance of the human heart. Mr. Aoki espoused “love, diligence, and wisdom” as our life creed. These virtues serve as great guiding principles for our students. Naturally, students enroll in a university to acquire specialized knowledge and skills. However, in doing so, they must discover the issues that they find necessary and learn how to think about and act upon them. Students do not develop these abilities by themselves. Instead, they cultivate such skills through dialogue and working with others. This empowers students to create new values, live fully, and grow continually. Women play an essential role in modern society, and in turn, society has high expectations of women. Moreover, women are active not just in their own countries but also throughout the world. The directions women take today offer a glimpse of the diverse society of tomorrow. Tokyo Kasei University offers an educational environment built for such a society. Here, you can develop your sensitivity and intelligence and learn eagerly with an eye on the future. We teach with the hope that each student will work towards understanding the issues personally meaningful to her and build a foundation for contributing to future society while vividly demonstrating her true self. In keeping with our founding spirit and life creed, Tokyo Kasei University offers a rich educational program, along with plenty of individual support, on our beautiful Itabashi and Sayama campuses. As a school with a long tradition and track record of excellence, we hope to journey with you as you work to achieve your goals. Tokyo Kasei University Educational Philosophy: To nurture people capable of leading a life of autonomy, our founding spirit. To nurture people capable of practicing love, diligence, and wisdom as their life creed. Tokyo Kasei University Educational Objectives: To teach students specialized knowledge, skills, and arts and develop them into persons who can use their qualifications to contribute to and be active in society. To teach students culture and insight and help them develop into people who participate in various social enterprises and dare to transform society. To help students become people who value interpersonal relationships, are capable of demonstrating their strengths within these relationships, and have communication skills. To help students become people who understand Japan and the world enough to be international in their outlook and meet world standards. To help students become people who contribute to the richness of society’s various lifestyle skills while enriching their own lives.

Since the university's foundation and as the only national arts university in Japan, Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo Geidai) has provided unsurpassed education and research opportunities and has played a leading role in the continuing development of art and culture in Japan through extensive and various artistic activities and social practices both in Japan and overseas. In recent years, Tokyo Geidai has been the only art university to be selected to become a "Top Global University" and "Center of Innovation" (COI) Site. Further, in a 2016 fiscal year government assessment as part of a third mid-term plan and under the national university reform initiative, Tokyo Geidai received the highest marks in all categories. Thus, the university has established its position as a center for implementing key national strategies. Our mission is to play a crucial role in further developing Japan's art culture while respecting the spirit of freedom and creativity since its foundation as the only comprehensive national arts university in Japan. To achieve this mission, we have identified the following goals: Facilitate art education to the highest global standards and cultivate artists, educators, and researchers in the field of art with superior expertise and a high level of integrity. Promote the succession of traditional culture and new cultural expression while collaborating with other academic disciplines and art education and research institutions in Japan and overseas. Pursue activities that promote an understanding of art's importance in creating a spiritually rich and dynamic society and by creating opportunities for citizens to become familiar with the art. Reflecting on these outstanding achievements as well as the proud traditions of the university, I would like to express my heartfelt respect and gratitude for the extraordinary efforts made by successive generations of students, academic and administrative staff members, graduates, and people from all sections of society who have supported the university. The year 2017 marks the 130th anniversary of establishing the Tokyo Fine Arts School and the Tokyo Music School in 1887. With the motto of "(cherishing old knowledge, creating new)," a new idea inspired by the old Japanese idiom derived from the words of Confucius, (cherishing old knowledge, acquiring new)," the university has a mid-to the long-term vision of solidly continuing the knowledge and intentions that it has inherited while responding to the demands of the current era and society. It strives to be "all Tokyo Geidai," working to enhance and internationalize its training and research even further. As Japan gears up for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a great opportunity is coming our way, as our nation's art and culture will gain attention worldwide. Tokyo Geidai also regards the year 2020 as a historical turning point and intends to organize various activities. However, the Olympic year is not the goal but a stepping stone for the university. Tokyo Geidai will strive to expand and develop the possibility of Japanese art and culture more creatively and sustainably, hoping that they will further flourish on the international stage. Tokyo Geidai is an internationally unique arts university including faculties of fine arts and music, a graduate school of film and new media, and since 2016, a new graduate school of global arts. The university, alongside the faculty staff and administrators, will continue efforts to nurture the next generation of outstanding artists, to promote the power of Japanese art and culture, and to contribute towards the global development of art through close collaboration with relevant organizations, including the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Agency for Cultural Affairs, thereby allowing the university to maximize its capabilities and values.

Tokyo University of Social Welfare campuses is located across Japan's urban areas such as Tokyo(Ikebukuro and Oji), the capital city, Nagoya, the third largest incorporated city in Japan, and Isesaki City in Gunma Prefecture. Isesaki, which is about 90 minutes away from central Tokyo, has a large, beautiful campus area. TUSW provides an excellent education. Many of its graduates take leading roles in Japanese society. TUSW has the right Japanese Language Program, various Undergraduate and Graduate programs for international students as well. We want to welcome many international students. We hope they will learn the Japanese language and culture in TUSW to become specialists in various fields in societies. Tokyo University of Social Welfare aims to international social contribution, and we positively accept international students. High-skilled professor teaches classes, and specialists support students' everyday lives. The Nagoya campus of Tokyo University of Social Welfare offers apartments located close to the campus so that international students can start their college lives from the day they arrive. The apartments contain household goods such as beds, refrigerators, microwaves, etc. Therefore, they can live very comfortably and focus on their studies. TUSW organizes short-term study abroad programs in the United States, China, and Korea, aiming to nurture young people with global perspectives. It is open to all students who wish to participate. While staying in the United States, the center of the world that sets the global standard, or China, which continues its economic growth at a fantastic pace, or Korea, a neighboring country with close connections, students would interact with various people and experience diverse days. Through experiencing a foreign culture, participants would be able to broaden their perspectives significantly. Participants stay in dormitories of distinguished universities globally, such as Harvard University, Fordham University, Hainan Normal University, Shanghai Normal University, and Kyungdong University. Lectures are provided by local professors and translated into Japanese. Participants also visit various social welfare or childcare institutions. By attending lectures and visiting institutions, participants would learn about the current practice in health care, social welfare, and education, and acquire theory and practice of social welfare. In all programs, local students who speak Japanese would help the participants enjoy campus life in a foreign country. In addition to organizing study abroad courses, TUSW also admits many international students.

Tokyo Medical University can trace its origins to the Tokyo Medical Teaching Establishment establishment in 1916 when some 450 students at the then Japan Medical College found themselves with no choice but to resign. They then enlisted the offices of Takuya Takahashi, who, at a tremendous personal sacrifice, helped them establish a new venue at which to pursue their studies. This new establishment, which later evolved into Tokyo Medical School, celebrated its 100th-anniversary last year as Tokyo Medical University. From the very outset, our students have played an integral role in this college's life, an establishment committed to the spirit of "Self-Reliance and Self-Study," with the motto "Justice, Friendship, and Service." Thus, our mission lies in fostering young men and women who are considerate of others, have a strong sense of ethics, and are determined to serve society as a whole. Work to introduce the new medical curriculum commenced in 2014, and we have already introduced clinical clerkships and ICT in line with international standards. In 2016, we were successfully assessed by the Japan Accreditation Council for Medical Education. Moreover, our new nursing school, established in 2013, is now actively training young nursing professionals capable of cooperating with medical staff to provide team care. Internationalization continues to gather pace. Therefore, we believe that fostering young medical professionals capable of making the most of their skills in a wide range of environments, including at the international level, is our mission as a university. In response to this challenge, we have introduced a wide range of tailor-made programs in English for Medical Purposes and continue to increase opportunities for international exchange. We hope that you, our students, will take full advantage of these various programs. "Self-Reliance and Self-Study" is our guiding principle in our teaching and research activities. However, communication and application are also a must for any good researcher or medical professional. Technology continues to move forward at a rapid pace. And at the same time, there is a constant need to enrich exchange between individuals and organizations. The year 2016 saw Tokyo Medical University celebrate the 100th anniversary of its founding. This significant milestone in our history was marked by a panoply of events, including the opening of a new nursing school, the commencement of work on our new hospital, and the drawing up of a 10-year strategy for the future. A commemorative banquet was graced by the presence of their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino. This was followed over the next few days by lectures and a concert further celebrating this achievement. We are pleased that many distinguished guests from overseas could attend these festivities, all of which were hugely successful. I believe that this was only possible because all of our staff came together as one to make this such a memorable occasion. The year 2017 will mark this university's launching in the next 100 years of its history. Rapidly shifting domestic demographics and economic considerations mean that the voyage ahead will be by no means comfortable, and many storms lie in wait. Therefore, it is all the more critical that we return to our roots. We must deeply consider our shared future goals and plans on how to achieve them, bringing all our respective abilities to bear on overcoming every challenge that will arise during the journey ahead. Over the last few years, we have strived to fulfill our mission as a medical university by maintaining a right balance among the cornerstones of our activities here: education, research, the provision of medical care, and contributing to society as a whole, which is our social duty. As a result, we are now beginning to see our endeavors bear fruit, with an increased success rate in the national examinations for doctors and nurses, more generous allocation of public funds for research, more papers published in English, strengthened revenues from the provision of care, and improved finances all around. However, we must not be complacent: all efforts must be made to continue along this path.

"Let our dreams grow wings" is the title of our school song. The first verse reads: "With a spirit toward the future, we will learn of the immortal soul. Radiating individuals' personalities, we will try to gain deeper wisdom together with friends for tomorrow. Having the passions of youth in our hands, we will grow the wings of dreams, the wings of dreams." This song was written to represent Tokyo City University when the university group was formed in April 2009. The song was created to embrace the vision and spirit of the university. The university evolves as a place where every student, instructor, and graduate cherishes and realizes their ambitions. We are now advancing reforms based on our medium- and long-term plan, Action Plan 2030. The plan clarifies the university's ideals for the 90th anniversary of its founding in 2019 and on the 100th in 2029. It shows how to implement reforms in education, research, management, and the campus. The plan's targets are to become a prominent university with a strong presence in Tokyo, a cosmopolitan city, and to rank within the top 300 of the world's best universities. Universities are education and research institutions responsible for encouraging students to dream and develop their abilities to fulfill those dreams. The scale of educational effects should be how well the students have improved their ability to enter the school and graduate. From such a viewpoint, we intend to be recognized as the best value university. Tokyo City University is promoting human resources development with the practical ability to play active roles in the world. In 2015, we will start TAP (Tokyo City University Australia Program) in Perth, Australia, for new students. The new program aims to cultivate students as real international personnel through an original curriculum designed in collaboration with Edith Cowan University in Perth. In the program, 200 students will stay in Perth for five months. Besides the program, we will prepare various programs for developing global human resources, such as international internships and study of foreign languages abroad. If you hope to be an international person, Tokyo City University is the perfect place. The university is located in a perfect environment very close to the center of Tokyo, a cosmopolitan city. Let us visualize your dreams and make them come true on this campus. Let our dreams grow wings, think globally, and act locally! Libraries are established in each of the three campuses. The Setagaya Campus Library has about 270,000 books, mainly various engineering books, including architecture-related rare books. Yokohama has about 110,000 books/documents, mainly on the environment and information, and Todoroki has about 170,000 books, including those on urban issues, child education, and literature. All three libraries are fully equipped with advanced IT systems and are efficiently used by our students and faculty members, and researchers inside and outside Japan. Additionally, it is also one of our features that we reflect learners' needs, for example, by conducting the Book Selecting Tour with students.