Keio University

Keio University (慶應義塾大学 Keiō Gijuku Daigaku) is Japan's oldest and one of its most prestigious institutions of higher education. It was founded in 1858 by Fukuzawa Yukichi, who had studied the Western educational systems at Brown University in the United States. While Keio's initial identity was that of a private school of Western studies, it expanded and established its first university faculties in 1890.

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Japan - 1858 - Fukuzawa Yukichi - Brown University - United States - 1890

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Keio was the first and best advanced school in Japan, but it was eclipsed by the government-controlled universities, such as University of Tokyo, University of Kyoto, and Hitotsubashi University. This occurred partly because Fukuzawa had an adversarial relationship with the samurai who founded Japan's oligarchic government during the Meiji era.

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University of Tokyo - University of Kyoto - Hitotsubashi University - Samurai - Meiji era

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Since then, Keio has enjoyed its status as one of the two best private universities in Japan with its cross-town rival, Waseda University. Keio is known for sending out numerous politicians; one famous Keio alumni include the Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

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Waseda University - Junichiro Koizumi

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The main campus is in the Mita district of Tokyo. Additional campuses include Hiyoshi, Shinanomachi, Shonan Fujisawa Campus(SFC) and Yagami. The university also operates four high schools which includes the Keio Academy of New York, in Purchase, New York.

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Mita - Tokyo - Hiyoshi - Shinanomachi - Shonan Fujisawa Campus - Yagami - Purchase, New York

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Rugby Union was first introduced to Japanese students at Keio University by Edward Bramwell Clarke and Tanaka Ginnosuke. (The game had been played in the treaty ports of Yokohama and Kobe before that, but not between Japanese teams.)

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Rugby Union - Edward Bramwell Clarke - Tanaka Ginnosuke

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It is one of the Tokyo 6 Universities Alliance. Also a member of LAOTSE, an international network of leading universities in Europe and Asia exchanging students and senior scholars (which also including another two Tokyo universities, University of Tokyo and Tokyo Institute of Technology).

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Tokyo 6 Universities - LAOTSE - Europe - Asia - Tokyo Institute of Technology

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