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Chuo University
中央大学
Established 1885
Type Private
Faculty 678
Undergraduates 25,474
Postgraduates 1,541
Location Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan
Campus Urban
Website www.chuo-u.ac.jp

Chuo University (中央大学 Chūō Daigaku?), literally Central University, is a private university in Tokyo, renowned for its law school. It is one of the most prestigious schools in Japan. The University has three campuses at Tama (Hachiōji) for arts, at Korakuen for science, and at Ichigaya (Shinjuku) for law. Chuo University has six faculties, ten graduate schools, and nine research institutes. It also operates three high schools.

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History

Chuo was founded as the English Law School (イギリス法律学校 Igirisu Hōritsu Gakkō?) in 1885 at Kanda in Tokyo by a group of lawyers. By 1889, the school had moved and been renamed Tokyo College of Law (Tokyo Hōgakuin). The curriculum was changed to reflect the government reform of Japanese law and creation of a new civil code. Opposition to the implementation of the new civil code resulted in the government shuttering of the campus journal and the subsequent creation of the Chuo Law Review (Hōgaku Shinpo), which has since been published regularly.

The university burned down in the Great Kanda Fire of 1892, but was able to hold temporary classes. By 1903, the school had been promoted to Tokyo University of Law (Tokyo Hōgakuin Daigaku) and in 1905 the school expanded with a department of economics, renaming itself Chuo University.

Another fire torched the campus in June 1917, but it was rebuilt by August 1918. The 1923 Great Kantō earthquake again reduced the campus to rubble and it was rebuilt, moving to Kanda-Surugadai in 1926. It has since moved and expanded on its present three campuses at Hachiōji, Korakuen, and Shinjuku.

Faculties and Graduate schools

faculties

  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Economics
  • Faculty of Commerce
  • Faculty of Science and Engineering
  • Faculty of Letters
  • Faculty of Policy Studies


  • Faculty-Linkage Program(FLP)

graduate schools

  • Graduate School of Law
  • Graduate School of Economics
  • Graduate School of Commerce
  • Graduate School of Science and Engineering
  • Graduate School of Letters
  • Graduate School of Policy Studies
  • Graduate School of Public Policy

professional graduate schools

  • Chuo Graduate School of International Accounting(CGSA)
  • Chuo Law School(CLS)
  • Chuo Graduate School of Strategic Management(CBS)

Campus

Tama Campus

The main campus in Tama is a short walk from the Chūō-Daigaku-Meisei-Daigaku Station of the Tama Monorail, which is reachable from the city on the JR Chuo line, the Keio line, and the Odakyu line.

The Korakuen campus can be reached from Kasuga Station (Oedo subway line, Mita subway line), Korakuen Station (Marunouchi subway line, Namboku subway line), and Suidobashi Station (JR Chuo-Sobu line).

Famous alumni

Athletes

Lawyers

  • Takuzo Hanai (lawyer)
  • Raizaburo Hayashi (former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court / former Prosecutor-General, former Minister of Justice)
  • Chiharu Saiguchi (Justice, the Supreme Court)
  • Shigeyori Tsukamoto (former Justice of the Supreme Court / former Professor, Chuo University) 　　　
  • Motoo Ono (former Justice of the Supreme Court)
  • Hisayuki Okuno(former Justice of the Supreme Court)
  • Takehisa Fukazawa (former Justice of the Supreme Court)
  • Tatsuo Kainaka (Justice, the Supreme Court / Superintending Prosecutor, Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office)
  • Haruo Kasama (Deputy Prosecutor-General, Supreme Public Prosecutors Office)
  • Tomoyuki Yokota (former Deputy Prosecutor-General, Supreme Public Prosecutors Office)
  • Shuji Iwamura (Chief Prosecutor, Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office)

Politicians

Journalists, Intellectuals

  • Hasegawa Nyozekan
  • Sojinkan Sugimura
  • Genji Shibukawa
  • Shunosuke Inada
  • Gennosuke Yokoyama
  • Sanshiro Ishikawa
  • Bungo Sakurada
  • Sozo Matsuura
  • Chiyumi Hioki (fashion journalist)
  • Yang Ho-Min (former Chosun Ilbo columnist; 1992 Ho-Am Prize recipient)

Academics

  • Kiminobu Hashimoto (former Member, The Japan Academy / Honorary Professor of Constitutional Law, Chuo University)
  • Hachiro Sugimoto (Medicinal Chemist, Ph.D. / Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,Kyoto University)
  • Kazuyuki Nagai (President and Chancellor, Chuo University)
  • Tsutomu Fuse (President, Yokohama City University)*Akira Fuse is his little brother.
  • Yoshiaki Ishizawa (President, Sophia University)

Authors

Business leaders

  • Kiyoshi Ichimura (the founder of Ricoh Co.,Ltd.)
  • Hiroshi Okawa (the founder of Toei Company Co.,Ltd.)
  • Kensuke Matano (former President and chairman, Iino Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd.)
  • Fujio Mitarai (Chairman & CEO, Canon Co.,Ltd. / Chairman, “Nippon Keidanren”Japan Business Federation)
  • Toshifumi Suzuki (Chairman & CEO, Seven & i Holdings Co.,Ltd. / former Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Chuo University )
  • Shuji Hisano (President and chairman, Ensuiko Sugar Refining Co.,Ltd. / Chairman of the Board of TrusteesPresident, Chuo University)
  • Jotaro Takagi (former President and chairman, Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. / President, Dai-nippon Karete-do Shoto-kai)
  • Yoshio Sasaki (former President, Nippon Television / former Vice President, Yomiuri Shinbun)
  • Sueyoshi Takahashi (former President, Kinden Co.,Ltd.)
  • Osamu Suzuki (Chairman & CEO, Suzuki Motor Co.,Ltd.)
  • Kensho Kusumi (former Executive Vice President, Nissan Co.,Ltd.)
  • Hiroo Mizushima (Former chairman, Sogo Co.,Ltd.)
  • Akihiko Otsuka (the Otsuka Group, former President Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd.)
  • Hisao Oguchi (Vice President, SEGA Co.,Ltd.)
  • Makoto Naruke (former President, Microsoft Japan Co.,Ltd.)
  • Shinobu Osako (former President, Zenrin Co.,Ltd.)
  • Keiji Okoso (former President Nippon Ham Co.,Ltd. / owner, Nippon Ham Fighters)
  • Hirotada Kotaki (Chairman, TOHAN Co.,Ltd.)
  • Naoki Adachi (President & CEO, TOPPAN PRINTING Co.,Ltd.)
  • Koji Miyauchi (former president and chairman, Yamato Transport Co.,Ltd.)
  • Keiji Aritomi (former president and chairman, Yamato Holdings Co.,Ltd. / Yamato Transport Co.,Ltd.)
  • Kaoru Seto (Chairman,Yamato Holdings Co.,Ltd. / Yamato Transport Co.,Ltd.)
  • Hiroshi Hayakawa (Vice President,TV Asahi Co.,Ltd.)
  • Hiroshi Yanai (Chairman, President & CEO, Pia Co.,Ltd.)
  • Kazuo Komatsuzaki (President,Sports Hochi Co.,Ltd.)
  • Masahiro Ouga (President,Shougakukan Co.,Ltd.)
  • Fumiaki Shikatani (President, Diamond, Inc.)
  • Kazutoshi Tsukada (President, Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers, Inc.)
  • Kazunori Kataoka (President, AIG Edison Life Insurance Co.,Ltd.)
  • Seiki Tokuni (Chairman, AIG Star Life Insurance Co.,Ltd.)
  • Shigeru Myojin (former Vice Chairman, Salomon Brothers)
  • Akio Dobashi (Chairman, Sojitz Co.,Ltd.)
  • Nanaumi Hideyuki (CEO, Morningstar Japan)
  • Koichi Kane (President, Mitsubishi Securities Co.,Ltd.)
  • Tsutomu Yoneyama (President, YONEX Co.,Ltd.)
  • Tadao Kojima (Directors President, Daiwa Seiko, Inc.)
  • Tetsuya Mogi (President, Bunka Shutter Co.,Ltd.)
  • Takanori Okumura (President and Representative Director, OKUMURA CORPORATION)
  • Hirotake Yano (President, Daiso-Sangyo, Inc.)*100-yen shop
  • Aki Fujinuma (Chairman & President, Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants)

Showbiz Celebrities

Others

References

  1. ^ "Hwang Jang-yop Holds Press Conference To Explain Why He Defected from North Korea". North Korea Special Weapons Nuclear, Biological, Chemical and Missile Proliferation News (Federation of American Scientists) (152). 1997-07-21. http://www.fas.org/news/dprk/1997/bg152.html. Retrieved 2007-10-30. 

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