Chuo University

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Chuo University
中央大学
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Established1885
Type:Private
Faculty:678
Undergraduates:25,474
Postgraduates:1,541
LocationHachiōji, Tokyo, Japan
Campus:Urban
Website:www.chuo-u.ac.jp

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

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[edit] History

Chuo was founded as the English Law School (イギリス法律学校 Igirisu Hōritsu Gakkō?) in 1885 at Nishiki 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 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.

[edit] Academics

The faculties are:

[edit] 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 Chūō line, the Keio line, and the Odakyu line. The Korakuen campus can be reached by Oedo subway line (Kasuga station) and JR lines (Korakuen Station).

[edit] Famous alumni

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Tama Campus

[edit] Prime Ministers

Toshiki Kaifu

[edit] Academics

[edit] Athletes

[edit] Authors

  • Kageki Shimoda
  • kenzo Kitakata

[edit] Business Leaders

  • Fujio Mitarai (Chairman & CEO, Canon Inc.,Chairman, Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) )
  • Toshifumi Suzuki (Chairman & CEO, Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd.)
  • Koichi Kane (President, Mitsubishi Securities)
  • Makoto Naruke (President, Microsoft Japan)
  • Akio Dobashi (Chairman, Sojitz Co.)
  • Keiji Aritomi (Chairman, Yamato Transport CO., LTD)
  • Osamu Suzuki (Chairman & CEO, Suzuki Motor Co)
  • Naoki Adachi (President & CEO, TOPPAN PRINTING CO.,LTD)
  • Hisao Oguchi (Vice President, SEGA Co)
  • Seiki Tokuni (Chairman, AIG Star Life Innsurance)
  • Kazunori Kataoka (President, AIG Edison Life Innsurance)
  • Nanaumi Hideyuki (CEO, Morningstar Japan)
  • Shigeru Myojin (Vice Chairman, salomon brothers)

[edit] Celebrities

[edit] Diplomats

[edit] Politicians

  • Hwang Jang-yop, North Korean defector; dropped out of the law school in 1944.[1]
  • Itta Yamamoto

[edit] Others

  • Yasushi Akiyama
  • Shinji Nojima

[edit] External links

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