Hitotsubashi University

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Hitotsubashi University
一橋大学
Motto	Captains of Industry
Established	1875
Type	Public (National)
President	Takehiko Sugiyama
Faculty	630
Undergraduates	4,500
Postgraduates	2,100
Location	Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan
Campus	Urban
Colors	Crimson Red (DIC-2489)
Mascot	None
Website	http://hit-u.ac.jp/

Hitotsubashi University (一橋大学, Hitotsubashi daigaku^?) is a national university in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the best universities in Japan and is the only university in Japan to specialize exclusively in the humanities and social sciences. The University has campuses in Kunitachi, Kodaira, and Kanda.

Hitotsubashi University's Law School ranked as No. 1 in the passing rate of Japanese Bar Examination in 2006 , 2008 and 2009. ^[1]

Hitotsubashi University has strong relationships with overseas universities. There are about 590 international students and 450 researchers from abroad under academic exchange agreements with 83 universities and research institutions, including University of Chicago, the University of Oxford and the University of California.

The symbol of the Hitotsubashi University is inspired by Mercury, Greek mythology's god of commerce.

Contents 1 History 2 Faculties and Graduate Schools 2.1 Faculties (Undergraduates) 2.2 Graduate Schools 3 Research Institutes and Centers 4 Academic Exchange Agreements Overseas 5 Notable Faculty 6 Famous alumni 6.1 Politician 6.2 Diplomat 6.3 Jurist, Bureaucrat 6.4 Industry 6.5 Academic 6.6 Others 7 References 8 External links

History

When founded by Arinori Mori in 1875, Hitotsubashi was called the Institute for Business Training (商法講習所|Shōhō Kōshujo), where nurtured the businessmen to modernize Japan after the collapse of the feudal Tokugawa Shōgunate. There were talks about a merger with The University of Tokyo, but alumni and students objected—the merger was not fulfilled. This is known as the "Rouzyou Episode".^[2]

From the university web page: "For 130 years Hitotsubashi graduates have played leading roles in Japanese business, hence the university's motto 'captains of industry.' Today, our former students are also prominent in finance, government, politics and the media. The quality of our research has been recognized internationally, and Hitotsubashi scholars maintain strong ties to industry and government. Hitotsubashi is an excellent base for visiting researchers, offering a well-stocked library, a beautiful campus (and in the case of ICS a location in the heart of Tokyo), and a friendly atmosphere."

• 1875 Arinori Mori established Institute for Business Training (商法講習所|Shōhō Kōshūjo) at Ginza-owarichō, Tokyo.
• 1884 became a national school under the direct supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce of Japan, and changed its name to the Tokyo Commercial School (東京商業学校|Tokyo Shōgyō Gakkō).
• 1885 became under the control of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan, and absorbed the Tokyo Foreign Language School. The school then relocated to the site of the latter institution in an education district called Hitotsubashi, Tokyo in the vicinity of the Imperial Palace.
• 1887 the status of the Tokyo Commercial School was raised to that of the Higher Commercial School (高等商業学校|Kōtō Shōgyō Gakkō).
• 1897 established affiliated institutions for foreign-language education.
• 1899 separated affiliated institutions for foreign-language education as Tokyo School of Foreign Languages (now Tokyo University of Foreign Studies).
• 1902 changed its name to the Tokyo Higher Commercial School (東京高等商業学校| Tōkyō Kōtō Shōgyō Gakkō) due to the establishment of another such school in Kansai district (now Kobe University).
• 1920 raised to and became the Tokyo College of Commerce (東京商科大学| Tōkyō Syōka Daigaku).
• 1927 moved to Kunitachi and Kodaira, Tokyo, its present location, on account of the Great Kanto Earthquake.
• 1944 changed its name to the Tokyo College of Industry (東京産業大学| Tōkyō Sangyō Daigaku) under the order of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan.
• 1947 changed its name back to the Tokyo College of Commerce (東京商科大学| Tōkyō Syōka Daigaku).
• 1949 adopted the new system and the name of Hitotsubashi University (一橋大学| Hitotsubashi Daigaku) through a student ballot, when the American educational system was introduced as part of the postwar educational reforms, and established Faculties of Commerce, Economics, and Law & Social Sciences.
• 1951 separated Faculty of Law & Social Sciences into Faculty of Law and Faculty of Social Science.
• 1996 established the Graduate School of Language and Society.
• 1998 established the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS).
• 2004 established Law School due to the introduction of Law School system in Japan.
• 2005 established School of International and Public Policy.

Faculties and Graduate Schools

Hitotsubashi University enrolls about 4,500 undergraduate and 2,100 postgraduate students with some 630 teaching staff.

Faculties (Undergraduates)

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

Graduate Schools

• Commerce (Master Course:108, Doctor Course:30)
• Economics (Master Course:70, Doctor Course:30)
• Law (Master Course:15, Doctor Course:26)
  • Law school (100)
• Social Sciences (Master Course:87, Doctor Course:44)
• Language and Society (Master Course:49, Doctor Course:21)
• International Corporate Strategy (ICS) (including MBA Program)
• International and Public Policy (55)

Parentheses are the numbers of admitted students per year. ^[3]

Research Institutes and Centers

• Institute of Economic Research
  • Research Center for Information and Statistics of Social Science
  • Center for Economic Institutions ^[4]
  • Center for Intergenerational Studies ^[5]
• Research and Development Center for Higher Education
• Information and Communication Technology Center
• Center for Student Exchange ^[6]
• International Joint Research Center
• Institute of Innovation Research ^[7]
• Center for Historical Social Science Literature ^[8]

Academic Exchange Agreements Overseas

As of 2007, Hitotsubashi University has academic exchange agreements with 83 overseas universities and research institutions, including those between departments and departments, as follows:^[9]

United Nations United Nations University  European Union European University Institute  China Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Tsinghua University, School of Humanities and Social Sciences Peking University Renmin University of China Wuhan University Nankai University University of International Business and Economics Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Dongbei University of Finance and Economics Sichuan University  Hong Kong University of Hong Kong  South Korea Seoul National University Pusan National University, College of Law  Singapore National University of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy  Thailand Thammasat University National Institute of Development Administration  Taiwan National Taiwan University, College of Law National Taipei University, College of Law National Chengchi University, College of Law  Turkey Ankara University  Indonesia Ministry of Finance of Indonesia  Bangladesh University of Dhaka  India Institute of Economic Growth National Institute of Public Finance and Policy  Sri Lanka University of Colombo, Faculty of Arts  United Kingdom University of Oxford, St Antony's College, Oxford University of London, London School of Economics (LSE) University of Birmingham University of London, University College London University of York University of Essex University of London, London Business School University of Warwick, Business School University of Lancaster, Management School University of London, Department of Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies University of Bristol, Faculty of Social Sciences and Law  Italy Bocconi University  Austria University of Vienna, Faculty of Human Science

Belgium Université catholique de Louvain University of Antwerp, Faculty of Applied Economics Sciences  Netherlands Erasmus University Rotterdam  France HEC School of Management University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris École pratique des hautes études  Germany University of Mannheim University of Osnabrück University of Augsburg University of Cologne, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences University of Heidelberg  Switzerland University of St. Gallen  Sweden Stockholm School of Economics  Russia Russian Academy of Sciences, Central Economic Mathematical Institute CEMI  Hungary Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics  Canada McGill University University of British Columbia  United States University of Pennsylvania University of Chicago University of California MIT Sloan School of Management University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business Claremont Graduate University, Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management University of Virginia, Darden Graduate School of Business Administration University of California, Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management University of Hawaii, College of Business Administration Babson College  Mexico El Colegio de México  Australia University of Melbourne University of Queensland Australian National University  New Zealand University of Auckland  United Arab Emirates Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT)  Egypt American University in Cairo Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, Egypt  Uganda Makerere University  Tanzania University of Dar es Salaam, Faculty of Arts and Social Science

Notable Faculty

• Tsuru Shigeto: Ex-President
• J. Mark Ramseyer: Ex-Adjunct Instructor, Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies of Harvard Law School^[10]
• Ikujiro Nonaka: Professor Emeritus, Director of Seven & I Holdings Co., Director of Mitsui & Co.
• Kotaro Suzumura: Professor Emeritus
• Hirotaka Takeuchi: current Dean of the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Director of ORIX
• Takeshi Mizubayashi: Professor of Graduate School of Law
• Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit: Ex-Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences

Famous alumni

The university is one of the most renowned Japanese universities for the social sciences, in particular commerce, economics and sociology. It has produced many alumni who went on to play active roles in the finance and industrial sectors. The alumni association is called Josuikai (如水会|Josuikai) and its main building (Josui Kaikan) is located next to the building where Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS) is in Kanda, Tokyo.

Politician

• Shōzō Murata: Ex-Minister of Railways of Japan, Ex-Minister of Communications of Japan, President of Osaka Shosen Kaisha (now Mitsui O.S.K. Lines)
• Baek Du-jin: Ex-Prime Minister of South Korea, Ex-Speaker of National Assembly of South Korea
• Wu San-lien: first Mayor of Taipei, Taiwan
• Masayoshi Ōhira: 68th and 69th Prime Minister of Japan
• Michio Watanabe: Ex-Vice Prime Minister of Japan, Ex-Minister of Finance (Japan), Ex-Foreign Minister of Japan
• Taketora Ogata: Ex-Vice Prime Minister of Japan, Ex-Chief Cabinet Secretary
• Mitsujirō Ishi: Ex-Vice Prime Minister of Japan, Ex-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (Japan), Ex-Minister of Transportation, Ex-Minister of Justice (Japan)
• Koji Omi: Ex-Minister of Finance (Japan)
• Shintaro Ishihara: Author, current Governor of Tokyo, Ex-Minister of Transportation
• Yasuo Tanaka: Author and former Governor of Nagano Prefecture
• Zenjiro Kaneko: current Parliamentary Secretary for Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
• Shigeyuki Tomita: Ex-State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Ex-Senior Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice (Japan)
• Takashi Kawamura: cuurent Mayor of Nagoya City

Diplomat

• Saburō Kurusu: Imperial Japan's Ambassador to Germany
• Katsuji Debuchi: Imperial Japan's Ambassador to the United States
• Tokichi Tanaka: Imperial Japan's first Ambassador to Soviet Union
• Naotake Satō: Ex-President of House of Councillors of Japan, Ex-Foreign Minister of Japan
• Toshikazu Kase: Japan's first Ambassador to the United Nations
• Kouichiro Asakai: Ex-Japan's Ambassador to the United States
• Sadao Iguchi: Ex-Japan's Ambassador to the United States
• Makoto Taniguchi: Ex-Deputy Secretaries-General of OECD, Ex-Japan's Ambassador to United Nations, Ex-Professor of Waseda University.
• Joro Kodera: current Director General of Intelligence and Analysis Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Ex-Japan's Ambassador to the United Nations
• Yoshinori Katori: current Japan's Ambassdor to ASEAN
• Toshinori Shigeie: current Japan's Ambassdor to South Korea
• Ichirō Komatsu: current Japan's Ambassdor to Switzerland
• Yoichi Otabe: current Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan
• Chikao Kawai: current Deputy Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Jurist, Bureaucrat

• Masao Matsumoto: Ex-Supreme Court Justice of Japan
• Harumi Takahashi: current governor of Hokkaidō Prefecture
• Takafumi Sato: Ex-Commissioner of Financial Services Agency of Japan
• Akira Goto: current Commissioner of Japan Fair Trade Commission, Ex-Professor of The University of Tokyo, Hitotsubashi University
• Hisashi Yamaura: current Commissioner of Board of Audit (Japan)
• Tomokatsu Tsukahara: current President of Intellectual Property High Court of Japan
• Hiroshi Obayashi: current Superintending Prosecutor of Tokyo High Public Prosecutors' Office, Ex-Vice Ministor of Justice of Japan
• Toshio Yanagi: current Superintending Prosecutor of Takamatsu High Public Prosecutors' Office, prior Commissioner of Public Security Intelligence Agency of Japan

Industry

• Fusanosuke Kuhara: Industrialist, Politician, founder of Kuhara Trading
• Hidesaburō Shōda: Father of Empress Michiko, Ex-Chairman and President of Nisshin Seifun
• Masaru Hayami: Ex-Governor of the Bank of Japan, Ex-CEO of Nissho Iwai Corp.
• Risaburo Toyota: first CEO of Toyota Motor
• Hiroshi Okuda: Ex-Chairman of Toyota Motor and Chairman of Nihon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)
• Nobuo Yamaguchi: current Chairman of Asahi Kasei Corp., and former Chairman of The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Taikichiro Mori: founder of Mori Building (Forbes ranked him as the richest man in the world in 1991 and 1992.)
• Kichiro Furusawa: current Chairman of Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.
• Katsutoshi Saito: current President of The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company
• Shinichi Yokoyama: current Chairman of Sumitomo Life Insurance Company
• Hideto Ozaki: current Chairman of Aioi Insurance Co., Ltd.
• Toru Tonoike: current President of Aflac Japan
• Shusaku Minoda: current Managind Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and CEO of KKR Japan
• Hiroyuki Arita: current President of BlackRock Japan
• Makoto Kigawa: current President of Yamato Transport Co., Ltd.
• Hirokazu Toda: current President of Hakuhodo DY Holdings Incorporated
• Hiroshi Mikitani: current CEO of Rakuten, Inc.
• Tsuneo Ishiwata: current President of Keihin Electric Express Railway Co., Ltd.
• Mitsunori Takahagi: current President & CEO of Nippon Mining & Holdings, Inc.
• Masanori Okada: current President & CEO of Nippon Mining & Metals, Co. Ltd.
• Masayoshi Matsumoto: current President & CEO of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
• Hidenori Odaka: current Chairman of Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company Inc.
• Kazuhisa Shinoda: current President & CEO of Oji Paper Company
• Okitane Usui: current COO of Sega Corp.
• Takeshi Kamigochi: current President Unilever Japan

Academic

• Sotarō Takase: President of the Tokyo College of Commerce, Ex-Minister of International Trade and Industry of Japan, Ex-Minister of Education of Japan
• Tokuzō Fukuda: Economist
• Eiichi Sugimoto: Economist
• Ichiro Nakayama: Economist, President of the Tokyo College of Commerce, the first Chairman of The Tax Commission of Japan
• Heizō Takenaka: Economist, former Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy of Japan, Professor at Keio University
• Hiroko Ōta: Economist, Professor of National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Ex-Minister of State for Special Missions of Japan
• Takatoshi Ito: Economist, Professor of The University of Tokyo, Ex-Deputy Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs
• Iwao Nakatani: Eonocomist, current Chairman of the Board Counselor of Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting, current President of Tama University, Ex-Chairman of Board of Directors, Sony Corp. Professor emeritus of Hitotsubashi University
• Kotaro Suzumura: Economist, Professor of School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, Ex-Professor of Hitotsubashi University
• Tran Van Tho: Economist, Professor of School of Social Sciences, Waseda University
• Manabu Toda: Economist, Professor of School of Social Sciences, Waseda University
• Kazuo Ikeo: Economist, Professor of Faculty of Economics, Keio University
• Keizō Nagatani: Economist, Professor, University of British Columbia and Kobe University
• Liu Deqiang: Economist, Professor of Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University
• Atsushi Kajii: Economist, Professor of Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University
• Chiaki Hara: Economist, Associate Professor of Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University
• Takashi Hikino: Economist, Associate Professor of Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University
• Tomofumi Amano: Economist, Associate Professor of Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo
• Hiroki Satō: Professor of Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo
• Ryōko Tsuneyoshi: Professor of Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo
• Ryōji Motomura: Professor of Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
• Naoshi Yamawaki: Professor of Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
• Kiyonori Sakakibara: Professor of Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University, Ex-Professor of Hitotsubashi University, Ex-Associate Professor of London Business School
• Takayuki Shiibashi: Vice-President of Chuo University, Professor of Law School
• Seiichi Mori: Professor of Keio University Faculty of Law
• Ichiro Kasuga: Professor of Keio University Law School
• Yhoshitaka Kobayashi: Dean of Graduate School of Accountancy, Waseda University, Ex-Professor of Keio University
• Takahiko Tanaka: Professor of School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, Ex-Professor of Hitotsubashi University
• Satoshi Amako: Professor of Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University
• Mau-sheng Lee: Professor of College of Law, National Taiwan University
• Ming-Jye Huang: Professor of College of Law, National Taiwan University
• Kazuo Ichijyō: Professor of International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
• Norihiko Suzuki: President of International Christian University (ICU)
• David Toshio Tsumura:professor of Japan Bibile Seminary,Old Testament studies.

Others

• Seiichiro Kashio: Athlete, Silver Medalist of men's tennis doubles in 1920 Summer Olympics
• Masaji Kiyokawa: Athlete, Gold Medalist of backstroke in 1936 Summer Olympics, Ex-Vice Chairman of International Olympic Committee, Ex-CEO of Kanematsu Corp.
• Zenzo Shimizu: Athlete, tennis player
• Kichimatsu Kishi: "Baron Kishi", oil developer in the U.S.
• George Shima: "The Poteto King", the first President of the Japanese Association of America
• Futabatei Shimei: Author, Translator
• Kafū Nagai: Author
• Saburō Shiroyama: Author
• Wataru Yoshizumi: Manga Artist
• Iō Kuroda: Manga Artist
• Ken Ishii: musician
• Yoshiki Mizuno: musician, member of Ikimono-gakari
• Itō Sei: translator and novelist
• Ichiro Yoshizawa: Mountaineer
• Yoshiharu Sekino: Explorer

References

1. ^ 第3回新司法試験の結果について
2. ^ University's Official Site
3. ^ 入学者選抜要項／入学定員
4. ^ Center for Economic Institutions, Hitotsubashi University
5. ^ Center for Intergenerational Studies, Hitotsubashi University
6. ^ Center for Student Exchange, Hitotsubashi University
7. ^ Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University
8. ^ Center for Historical Social Science Literature, Hitotsubashi University
9. ^ Hitotsubashi University Data 2008
10. ^ The Harvard Crimson February 5, 1998

External links

• Hitotsubashi University
• Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS) Hitotsubashi University

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