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122-579: Born in Tokyo to a former samurai family, Yoshida graduated from Tokyo Imperial University in 1906 and joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs . He held various assignments abroad, including in China, where he advocated increased Japanese influence. From 1928 to 1930, Yoshida served as vice minister of foreign affairs, then served as ambassador to Italy until 1932. In 1936, he was considered for foreign minister in

244-406: A "priority production system" (傾斜生産方式, keisha seisan hoshiki ) designed to increase production of steel and coal as they were essential for reconstruction. This system was based on the theories of Hiromi Arisawa, an economic expert who advised Yoshida. The cabinet had to face significant social unrest due to the impoverished situation and labour disputes at the time. These issues came to a head when

366-659: A capacity of 1,210 beds, the hospital facilitated medical services for 389,830 inpatients and 794,454 outpatients in the fiscal year 2010. Newsweek 's World's Best Hospitals 2023 ranks it 17th in the world, 2nd in Asia, and 1st in Japan. It serves as the primary hospital for the Imperial Family of Japan , with both the current emperor and the emperor emeritus having undergone major operations there. The University of Tokyo operates eight museums, three of which fall under

488-421: A conflict with Hatoyama. According to CIA files that were declassified in 2005, there was a 1952 plot to assassinate Yoshida and replace him with Ichirō Hatoyama as prime minister. The plot was led by Takushiro Hattori , who served as an Imperial Japanese Army officer, and had the support of 500,000 Japanese people. Dissatisfaction with his leadership led to the defection of many Diet members from his party to

610-651: A doctor. The conflict intensified with the indefinite strike decision by the students in January 1968 and escalated further following a clash between the students and faculty. Tensions peaked when radical students, most of whom were members of the Zenkyōtō (the All-Campus Joint Struggle Committees), occupied Yasuda Auditorium , leading the university to eventually call in riot police in June—

732-537: A five-year programme called the College of Design. The programme aims to 'redefine design as a broad concept (...) based on interdisciplinary knowledge that integrates the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering and other fields'. Approximately 100 students will be matriculated annually, with half of them coming from overseas. A wider variety of postgraduate programmes are offered in English, making

854-483: A foreign language, Advanced Japanese, and two social studies subjects (options are geography, Japanese history and world history). UTokyo is also known to be the only university that requires all applicants, including those who wish to study natural sciences, to take a non-mulltiple-choice Japanese and Chinese classics exam. Some applicants are called upon to take an interview. Successful candidates are notified in March of

976-749: A four-year university as it is today in 1949. One of the higher schools that merged with UTokyo, the First Higher School , became the College of Arts and Sciences . This new college, operating on the same campus of Komaba as the higher school, took on the responsibility of educating all undergraduates for the first year and a half of their degrees. It was also during this period that UTokyo first opened its doors to female students. The first nineteen female students were matriculated in April 1946. The 1960s saw an intensification of student protests across

1098-779: A half years at Komaba. The Department of Information Science, the Faculty of Medicine, and the Department of Sociology are amongst the most selective departments in the Shingaku Sentaku. Despite its roots as a boarding school, most undergraduates at the university either live with their families at home or in non-university accommodation. Since the closure of the Komaba dormitory ( 駒場寮 , Komaba-ryo ) in August 2001, there has been no on-campus accommodation for domestic students at

1220-665: A member of the House of Representatives until 1963 . Yoshida served a president of the America-Japan Society from 1960 and as chancellor of Kogakkan University from 1962. He was also president of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums . Shigeru Yoshida died on 20 October 1967 at his home in Oiso. He was baptized on his deathbed, having hidden his Catholicism throughout most of his life. His funeral

1342-488: A minimum. Thirdly, Japan emphasizes economic diplomacy in its world affairs. The Yoshida doctrine was accepted by the United States; the actual term was coined in 1977. The economic dimension was fostered by Hayato Ikeda who served as his finance minister and later was prime minister. The Yoshida Doctrine shaped Japanese foreign policy into the 21st century. Most historians argue the policy was wise and successful, but

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1464-524: A minority criticize it as naïve and inappropriate. Before the signing of the Treaty of San Francisco Ichirō Hatoyama had been released from the purge. Since Yoshida had originally become prime minister as a replacement for Hatoyama, many expected him to step down in Hatoyama's favour, but by this time Yoshida had become a well-established politician in his own right and had no intention to retire. This led to

1586-479: A move seen as abandoning university autonomy. Efforts to resolve the situation began with the resignation of university executives and the appointment of Ichiro Kato as interim president, who started negotiations. The conflict largely ended in January 1969 after a full-scale police operation to remove the occupying students. This operation involved more than 8,500 riot police officers confronting students who fought back with Molotov cocktails and marble stones taken from

1708-551: A nebulous role as an ambassador-in-waiting. He undertook some foreign tours on behalf of the ministry and notably developed a warm relationship with the American ambassador Joseph Grew . Yoshida formally retired from the ministry in 1935. In the aftermath of the February 26 incident of 1936, Prince Fumimaro Konoe contacted Yoshida to request that he'd help persuade Koki Hirota accept the premiership. Yoshida assisted Hirota in

1830-540: A prime ministers from 1960 to 1964 and 1964 to 1972 respectively. Yoshida died in 1967 and received a state funeral. His grandson, Tarō Asō , served as prime minister from 2008 to 2009. Shigeru Yoshida was born on 22 September 1878, in Kanda-Surugadai , Tokyo , the fifth son of Tsuna Takeuchi, a former samurai of the Tosa domain . Tsuna Takeuchi was a close aide to Taisuke Itagaki in the 1880s and would serve in

1952-562: A total of 13,974 undergraduate students and 14,258 graduate students. The majority of the university's educational and research facilities are concentrated within its three main Tokyo campuses: Hongo , Komaba , and Kashiwa . Additionally, UTokyo operates several smaller campuses in the Greater Tokyo Area and over 60 facilities across Japan and globally. UTokyo's total land holdings amount to 326 square kilometres (approximately 80,586 acres or 32,600 hectares), placing it amongst

2074-411: A turbulent chapter in the university's history. The university first admitted female students in 1946. While the student body has remained predominantly male, various attempts have been made to achieve a more equal gender ratio. In 2023, women made up 23 per cent of first-year undergraduates, the highest percentage in the university's history. A quarter of graduate students were female in 2022. When

2196-430: A year at home in Ōiso. Returning to Tokyo in 1897, he entered the prestigious Peers' School, the headed by Prince Atsumaro Konoe . Yoshida advanced to the university department at Peers’ School, which Prince Konoe had established to train diplomats. The university department became defunct after Prince Konoe died in 1904, so Yoshida transferred to Tokyo Imperial University and graduated with a law degree in 1906. He passed

2318-421: A year, with classes formed based on their choices. Popular languages include Chinese, French, German, Korean, Spanish, and Russian. These classes are meant to be places where students can interact with peers from different backgrounds and forge long-lasting friendships, especially because they spend a considerable amount of time together. There is a tradition where the previous year's class ( 上クラ , uekura ) invites

2440-600: Is a national university located in Tokyo , Japan. It has campuses in Kunitachi , Kodaira , and Chiyoda . In 1920, Hitotsubashi was granted university status as Tokyo University of Commerce, becoming Japan’s first national college specialising in commercial studies. It underwent another name change in 1949, adopting its modern name, Hitotsubashi. In 1962, the legal name was formally changed to Hitotsubashi University. The university has produced over 40 senior bureaucrats for

2562-604: Is a public research university in Bunkyō , Tokyo , Japan . Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era institutions, its direct precursors include the Tenmongata , founded in 1684, and the Shoheizaka Institute. Although established under its current name, the university was renamed Imperial University ( 帝國大學 , Teikoku daigaku ) in 1886 and

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2684-541: Is considered one of the most prestigious universities in Japan, consistently ranking amongst the top universities in Japanese university rankings. It is one of the highest ranked national universities that is not one of the National Seven Universities . The THE World University Rankings ranked the university in the 1201st-1500th tier worldwide in 2024. The university is ranked 539th worldwide in

2806-716: Is difficult to achieve. To apply, candidates must achieve high scores in the Common Test for University Admissions , a standardised multiple-choice examination. UTokyo applicants are required to take at least seven subjects in this examination. Applicants for natural sciences take two mathematics tests, Japanese (which consists of modern language, classics, and Chinese classics), one foreign language, sciences (two from physics, chemistry, biology, and geology), and one social study subject chosen from geography, Japanese history, or world history. Humanities candidates take two social studies subjects and one science subject instead. Based on

2928-543: Is the oldest university newspaper still in operation, with its first issue in 1920. The editing committee of the newspaper has produced multiple central figures in the country's publishing industry. Recruit , a human resources company with the 13th largest market capitalisation among all publicly traded companies in the country as of March 2024, spun off from the Todai Shimbun 's advertisement branch in 1961. There are several other newer campus newspapers and magazines,

3050-431: Is the primary fundraising arm of the university, and it accepts both endowments for the university as a whole and purpose-specific donations. UTokyo's tuition fees have been fixed at 535,000 yen annually for undergraduates and master's students since 2005, regardless of their status (whether domestic or international). This makes up approximately 5% of the university's income. However, the decline in government funding and

3172-1025: The A-level , SAT , and International Baccalaureate . All modules in these programmes are taught in English. However, learning Japanese is mandatory, and those confident in their Japanese ability can take modules taught in Japanese in other departments. Third, the university offers exchange programmes with universities worldwide. There are University-wide Student Exchange Programmes (USTEP) with universities such as Tsinghua University , Princeton University , National University of Singapore and Yale University . The College of Arts and Sciences has its own exchange programmes called KOMSTEP with universities such as University of Paris . The Faculty of Engineering also has its own exchange programmes, whose partner institutions include Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi , University of Cambridge , and Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Starting in Autumn 2027, UTokyo plans to offer

3294-535: The American occupation era following Japan's defeat in World War II , the university dropped the word 'imperial' from its name and reverted to its original name, University of Tokyo. During this period, Japan's education system was reformed to align more with the American system . As a result, UTokyo under merged with two Higher Schools , which were university preparatory boy's boarding schools and thus became

3416-485: The First World War was still fresh. The American philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Jr. personally donated $ 2 million (approximately $ 36 million in 2023). The United Kingdom formed a committee led by former Prime Minister Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour , and made substantial financial and cultural contributions. Rockefeller Jr. and Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester , a younger son of George V , visited

3538-582: The Great Kanto Earthquake struck the Kanto Plain, inflicting immense damage upon the university. This damage included the complete destruction of almost all main buildings, including the library, as well as the loss of precious scientific and historical samples and data stored in them. This led to a university-wide debate as to whether it should relocate to a larger site, such as Yoyogi , but ultimately, such plans were rejected. Instead,

3660-733: The Imperial Palace . President Yoshikazu Uchida consistently denied these requests by persuading them of the importance of culture, education and research for the country's long-term development. In September 1945, efforts by Uchida and Shigeru Nambara , Dean of the Faculty of Law, prevented the campus from becoming the Allied Headquarters . Instead, the Dai-Ichi Seimei Building was chosen. Nambara succeeded Uchida as president in December 1945. During

3782-710: The Institute of Industrial Science was established on the site of the former headquarters of the Third Infantry Regiment in Roppongi . During the war, the Imperial Army attempted to use the university's facilities several times, including plans to relocate the university to Sendai and use the Hongo Campus as a fortress for the anticipated Allied landing, Operation Downfall , to protect

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3904-499: The Japanese Economic Association in its 42-year history; this number is the second largest. In 2019, Hitotsubashi Law School became 2nd out of all the 72 law schools in Japan according to the ratio, 59.82%, of the successful graduates who passed the bar examination. Hitotsubashi Business School is ranked 2nd in Japan by Nikkei Shimbun . Eduniversal ranked Japanese business schools and Hitotsubashi

4026-790: The QS World University Rankings 2025, with particularly high evaluations in economics and business management. The economics department especially has a high research standard. According to the Asahi Shimbun , Hitotsubashi was ranked 4th in Japan in economic research during 2005–2009. More recently, Repec in January 2011 ranked Hitotsubashi's Economic Department as Japan's 5th best economic research university. Currently three researchers in Hitotsubashi are listed as top 10% economists in its world economist rankings. Hitotsubashi has provided seven presidents of

4148-796: The Tokugawa Shogunate in 1791 as part of the Kansei Reforms . The Tenmongata , established in 1684, was the astronomical research and education arm of the Shogunate. It evolved into the Kaisei School ( 開成学校 ) , a school for Western learnings, after the Meiji Restoration . The Kanda Otamagaike Vaccination Centre, established in 1858, evolved into a school of Western medicine called Tokyo Medical School ( 東京医学校 , Tokyo Igakko ) . Although plans to establish

4270-566: The United Kingdom , mathematics, physics, and international law from France , while politics, economics, and medicine were to be guided by German expertise. Additionally, agriculture and commercial law knowledge was to be sourced from the United States . Following this policy, UTokyo and its predecessor institutions sent their graduates to universities in these respective countries and also invited lecturers from them. However, by

4392-651: The cabinet of Prince Higashikuni after the resignation of Mamoru Shigemitsu in September 1945. At that point, the main fuction of the foreign minister was to liaise with the occupation authority: the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers . As such, Yoshida came into regular contact with General Douglas MacArthur . When Prince Higashikuni resigned Yoshida was approached by the Lord Keeper of

4514-606: The 1880s, the Japanese government grew concerned over the spread of French republican and British constitutional monarchist ideals among the faculty and students, and eventually Minister of Education Takato Oki instructed the university to reduce the use of English as a language of instruction, and instead to switch to Japanese. This shift coincided with the return of UTokyo alumni who had completed their education in Europe, and these returnees began filling roles that had been predominantly held by foreign scholars. The first half of

4636-578: The 1970s environmental movement, the bursting of Japan's economic bubble, and the end of the Cold War, Japan has been struggling to redefine its national goals. Yoshida has long been regarded as prioritising the economy over defense, but recent years have seen a reevaluation of this viewpoint. In his 1982 book "Leaders", US President Richard Nixon praised Yoshida as one of the greatest world leaders during his lifetime for his role in Japan's post-WWII economic miracle. In 1909, Yoshida married Makino Yukiko,

4758-436: The 500 largest worldwide companies, although Hitotsubashi is small compared to other Japanese universities in the ranks. Hitotsubashi is one of the most selective universities in Japan. Its entrance difficulty is usually considered one of the most difficult, alongside University of Tokyo , Kyoto University and Tokyo Institute of Technology among 180 national and public universities. The university's alumni association

4880-585: The British magazine Times Higher Education first published its world university rankings in partnership with QS in 2004, the University of Tokyo was ranked 12th in the world. In the latest 2024 edition of the rankings, it is ranked 29th. QS, now has its own rankings , placed the UTokyo at 28th. As these numbers suggest, there is a widely shared concern that the university is falling behind its counterparts in

5002-772: The Foreign Service Entry Exam and entered Japan's diplomatic corps that same year, shortly after Japan's victory in the Russo-Japanese War . Yoshida's diplomatic career began with a posting in China , first at the Japanese mission in Tianjin in November 1906, then in Fengtian (now Shenyang) in 1907. In 1909, Yoshida married Yukiko Makino, the eldest daughter of Nobuaki Makino . That same year he

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5124-656: The Interwar period in Japan was characterised by the spread of liberal ideas, collectively known as Taishō Democracy . This movement was ushered in by the concept of Minpon Shugi by Sakuzō Yoshino , as well as Tatsukichi Minobe 's interpretation of sovereignty as inherent to the state rather than the monarchy. Both were alumni and professors at the Faculty of Law. Taking advantage of the widespread acceptance of such ideas, Prime Minister Takaaki Katō , an alumnus of UTokyo, extended suffrage to all males aged 25 and over in 1925, as promised in his manifesto. This liberal tendency

5246-595: The Japanese government, including Masayoshi Ōhira , who served as the prime minister of Japan. Founded by Arinori Mori in 1875, Hitotsubashi was initially called the Institute for Business Training ( 商法講習所 , Shōhō Kōshujo ) . Eiichi Shibusawa was sent to Europe in the 1860s with a scholarship from the Tokugawa shogunate , which was then led by the 15th shogun, Yoshinobu Tokugawa . During his time in Europe, Shibusawa studied European banking and economic systems, which he later brought back to Japan. The school's growth

5368-510: The Japanese plenipotentiaries. When the conference concluded in 1920, he was assigned as first secretary to the Japanese embassy in the United Kingdom . In 1922, he returned to China and served as consul in Tianjin until 1925, then as Consul General in Fengtian until 1928. In March 1928, Yoshida was first appointed minister to Sweden , Norway , and Denmark , but before assuming the post he

5490-761: The Ministry became aware Yoshida had opposed the Twenty-One Demands , which he thought undermined the Japanese policy in China by alienating the Western powers and provoking Chinese opposition. Yoshida was instead made chief of the documents section the following year and in 1918 he was appointed consul in Jinan , China. In 1919, he was part of the Japanese delegation to the Paris Peace Conference , as secretary to his father-in-law Makino, one of

5612-679: The Privy Seal Koichi Kido to become prime minister, but he turned him down and suggested Kijuro Shidehara for the post, who was duly appointed. Yoshida remained foreign minister in the Shidehara Cabinet . The first post-war election in April 1946 brought a plurality of the seats in the Diet to the Liberal Party led by Yoshida's old friend Ichirō Hatoyama . Hatoyama was expected to become prime minister, but

5734-763: The Socialist Party, about including the Liberal Party in a grand coalition , but he declined because he considered the left-wing of the Socialist Party too close to the communists. The Socialists instead formed a coalition with only the Democratic Party , which had been formed by merging the Progressive Party with defectors led by Hitoshi Ashida from the Liberal Party, and the National Cooperative Party . Yoshida

5856-534: The U.S. Yoshida pursued a strategy of concentrating on economic reconstruction while relying on an alliance with the United States for defense, a strategy known as the Yoshida Doctrine . The last years of his premiership were marked by conflict with Hatoyama, who had by then been depurged. This culminated in Yoshida being ousted and replaced by Hatoyama in 1954. Yoshida's legacy continued to play an important part in Japanese political life, particularly through his two protégés, Hayato Ikeda and Eisaku Satō , who served

5978-444: The UT-base and the UmeeT are widely read by students. After completing the Shingaku Sentaku , second-year students matriculate into senior division departments to specialise in their chosen fields. With the exception of the senior division of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Mathematics, which are located in Komaba, all other senior departments are situated in Hongo . Consequently, approximately 85 per cent of

6100-411: The University of Tokyo hosts 5,106 international students, who represent 17.7 per cent of the total student body. Of these, 4,874 are postgraduate students and 460 are undergraduates. Exchange students and postdoctoral researchers are not included in these numbers. At the undergraduate level, there are mainly three routes for those who have not received their secondary education in Japanese to apply to

6222-414: The University of Tokyo is organised into 10 faculties and 15 graduate schools. The leader of the University of Tokyo is known as the president ( 総長 , socho ) and it is a substantive leadership role. The president is elected by the university's board council from among the faculty members for a term of six years. The current president is Teruo Fujii , a scholar in applied microfluidics , who assumed

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6344-462: The University of Tokyo library has a collection of over 10 million books and numerous materials of historical importance. This collection ranks it as the second-largest library in Japan, surpassed only by the National Diet Library , which holds a collection of approximately 46.8 million books. It also subscribes to about 170,000 journals. The headquarters of the library is situated in the General Library at Hongo, which underwent thorough renovation in

6466-579: The University of Tokyo. First, individuals with high Japanese proficiency can apply through the special admissions process for students educated overseas ( 外国学校卒業学生特別選考 ). Students admitted via this route study alongside their peers who received secondary education in Japanese. International students who apply via this route sometimes spend a year studying the language at preparatory schools before matriculation. Second, there are undergraduate programmes called PEAK (Programs in English at Komaba), which accept applications based on international qualifications such as

6588-404: The aftershocks of earthquakes ( Omori's law ) and developing a new type of seismometer capable of recording primary waves . The university set up an independent seismology department in November 1923 to delve deeply into the causes and effects of earthquakes and to better prepare for future seismic events. In 1925, with a government grant, the Earthquake Research Institute was established within

6710-402: The architect who designed them. Another notable change the earthquake brought about at the university was the expansion of its seismology studies . Long having been the only university in the seismically active country , the university was already known for its seismology research, most notably the contributions made by its alumnus and professor, Fusakichi Omori , in quantitatively evaluating

6832-668: The auditorium's interior. Prime Minister Eisaku Sato , who was an alumnus of UTokyo himself, visited the site the day after the protesters in the auditorium were forcibly removed, and decided to cancel that year's admission process. This led top highschool students to apply reluctantly to other universities such as Kyoto University and Hitotsubashi University , resulting in many applicants who would have been admitted to those universities under normal circumstances failing to gain admission, since applicants are not allowed to apply to multiple prestigious national universities in Japan. The aftermath saw 633 prosecutions, and varied sentences, marking

6954-403: The cabinet formation and was himself considered for the post of foreign minister. However, he was included on a list of potential cabinet ministers unacceptable to the army presented by the incoming War Minister Hisaichi Terauchi . This prevented his appointment. Instead he became ambassador to the United Kingdom. After his ambassadorship to the United Kingdom ended in 1938, he retired, again, from

7076-503: The cabinet of Kōki Hirota , but he was opposed by the Army , who strongly identified him with liberalism and friendship with Great Britain and the United States. Yoshida served as ambassador to Britain from 1936 to 1938. He largely avoided political participation during the Pacific War . During the U.S. occupation after the war's end, Yoshida served as foreign minister in the cabinets of Prince Higashikuni and Kijūrō Shidehara . Yoshida became prime minister in 1946, after Ichirō Hatoyama

7198-462: The country's first university had been in place just after the Meiji Restoration, it was not until around 1875 that it was decided to form the university by merging these schools. The University of Tokyo was chartered on 12 April 1877 by the Meiji government . Corresponding to the fields covered by the predecessor schools, it started with four faculties: Law , Science , Letters, and Medicine . The Imperial College of Engineering later merged into

7320-448: The decades of unrest around the time of Meiji Restoration . Since Takeuchi had several sons and his friend Kenzō Yoshida had none, Yoshida was adopted by Kenzō Yoshida and his wife Kotoko in August 1881. Kenzō Yoshida was a former samurai who had traveled to England as a stowaway in his youth. He then established himself in Yokohama as a branch manager for Jardine Matheson , before becoming a successful businessman in his own right. Kotoko

7442-461: The diplomatic service. Although considered a "hawk" on China, Yoshida was firmly against war with the United States and United Kingdom. Despite holding no official positions during World War II , he was active in trying to prevent war with the Allies, and then to try to bring about an early end of the war, allying himself with Prince Fumimaro Konoe . Right before the Pacific War began, Yoshida joined Konoe in unsuccessfully attempting to deescalate

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7564-482: The eldest daughter of Makino Nobuaki . They had four children: Sakurako, Kenichi , Kazuko, and Masao. Two of Yoshida's grandchildren are Tarō Asō , who served as the 92nd prime minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009, and Nobuko Asō , who later married Prince Tomohito of Mikasa , a first cousin of Emperor Akihito . Tokyo Imperial University The University of Tokyo ( 東京大学 , Tōkyō daigaku , abbreviated as Tōdai (東大) in Japanese and UTokyo in English )

7686-548: The end of March. Approximately one-third of the graduates enter the workforce upon graduation, while the remainder continue their studies at graduate schools within the university or at universities abroad. Popular places of employment for UTokyo graduates include the university itself, government ministries, global conglomerates such as Sony and Hitachi , consulting firms such as McKinsey & Company and PwC Consulting , trading companies such as Mitsubishi Corp and Mitsui Corp , and investment banks. As of 1 November 2023,

7808-438: The fall of the Ashida Cabinet, Yoshida returned to the post of prime minister on 15 October 1948. He soon called an election which was held in January 1949; his party won in a landslide. In order to fill the places left by purged politicians, Yoshida had recruited a large number of former bureaucrats to serve as candidates for the party, including Hayato Ikeda , Eisaku Sato and Katsuo Okazaki . Many of these were elected for

7930-401: The few extant structures built before this relocation is a gate called Akamon , which has become a widely recognised symbol of the university. During its initial two decades as a modern institution, UTokyo benefited from the contributions of European and American scholars. In 1871, the Meiji Government made a decision about the direction of academic disciplines: engineering was to be learnt from

8052-474: The first National Diet elected in 1890 . The identity of Yoshida's biological mother is not known. It's likely she was a concubine of Takeuchi and possibly a geisha . Shortly before Yoshida's birth, his biological father was imprisoned for anti-government conspiracy in connection to the Satsuma Rebellion , and his mother gave birth to him at the house of Kenzō Yoshida, a friend of his father. As young samurai, Tsuna and Kenzō had made names for themselves amidst

8174-451: The first phase of development was completed at Kashiwa Campus. Situated in the suburb of Kashiwa , this research-focused campus spans 405,313 square metres (100 acres) and has been at the forefront of advanced scientific research since its inception. In 2010, in an attempt to further internationalise and diversify its student body, the university increased its autumn enrollment opportunities for international students. UTokyo plans to increase

8296-569: The first time in the 1949 election. This group would be the core of Yoshida’s own informal faction, known as the ”Yoshida School." In February after the election, Joseph Dodge arrived in Japan as financial adviser to SCAP with a mission to stabilize the Japanese economy, which was suffering from rampant inflation and other problems. The Dodge Line , as the plan advocated by Dodge would be called, prescribed strict austerity measures that significantly curtailed public spending and government subsidies. Yoshida appointed Hayato Ikeda finance minister later

8418-424: The foundation day of the university. All first-year students are matriculated at the College of Arts and Sciences at Komaba , which is a remnant of the time when the Komaba Campus served as the separate boarding school known as the First Higher School until 1949. There, they spend the first one and a half years of their degrees. Students are required to study a foreign language they have never learnt for at least

8540-471: The general council before being formally elected party president four months later. Yoshida's first cabinet was based on a coalition between the Liberal Party and the Japan Progressive Party led by former prime minister Shidehara. The cabinet notably included Shidehara as minister without portfolio and Tanzan Ishibashi as finance minister. Yoshida remained as foreign minister concurrently. The cabinet implemented several reforms based on occupation directives,

8662-583: The government, primarily through the Expense Management Grant (運営費交付金). Despite being a national university, this grant from the government has been consistently reduced, dropping from 95.5 billion yen in 2005 to 79.9 billion yen in 2022. A total of 81.2 billion yen (30.5%) was self-earned, through sources such as the university hospitals (54.7 billion yen) and academic fees (16.6 billion yen). The remainder, 91.7 billion yen (34.4%), came from external funding, such as research grants and endowments. Although research grants are primarily earned by research groups and not by

8784-702: The graduate schools affiliated with specific faculties, the University of Tokyo also includes two independent graduate institutions: the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies and the Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP). Apart from the faculties and graduate schools, the University of Tokyo hosts eleven affiliated research institutes ( 附置研究所 ) . These institutes serve as research hubs in their respective fields, aiming to widely disseminate their findings for societal benefit. Simultaneously, they function as educational institutions for

8906-514: The graduate schools. UTokyo Institutes For Advanced Study (UTIAS) started in January 2011. Their primary objective is to improve academic excellence and foster an internationalised research environment. There are four UTIAS institutes as of November 2023: The University of Tokyo Library System consists of three comprehensive libraries located on the main campuses—Hongo, Komaba, and Kashiwa—along with 27 other field-specific libraries operated by various faculties and research institutes. As of 2024,

9028-492: The international student ratio significantly higher for postgraduate studies (31.32 per cent in November 2023). The University of Tokyo operates under a centralised administrative structure, with key policies set by the administrative council, which is chaired by the president. However, due to the university's historical development as a merger of various institutions, each of the constituent colleges, faculties, and research institutes maintains its own administrative board. Today,

9150-399: The juniors to overnight orientation camps ( オリ合宿 , ori gasshuku ) in early April. Intense academic competition is common among students in the junior division, as they face matriculation to the senior division ( 進学選択 , shingaku sentaku , or colloquially shinfuri , 進振り ) in September of their second year, where they are assigned to departments based on their grades for the first one and

9272-425: The labour movement called for a general strike to take place on 1 February 1947. Yoshida believed that the strike would be an economic catastrophe, which could create the conditions for a communist revolution. The situation was resolved when General MacArthur prohibited the strike before it could take place on January 31. Afterwards, MacArthur communicated to Yoshida that a new election should be called. The election

9394-510: The largest landowners in the country. The University of Tokyo traces its roots to three independent institutes founded during the Edo period (1603–1868). The oldest, a Shogun-funded Confucian school called Senseiden ( 先聖殿 ) , was founded in 1630 by Razan Hayashi in Ueno . This school was renamed the Shoheizaka Institute ( 昌平坂学問所 , Shoheizaka Gakumonjo ) and came to be operated directly by

9516-632: The late 2010s. It now features a 46-metre-deep automated underground storage capable of housing approximately 3 million books. The University of Tokyo Hospital is an academic health science centre operated by the Faculty of Medicine . The hospital finds its roots in the Kanda Otamagaike Vaccination Centre, established in 1858. It has 37 clinical examination rooms for a wide range of specialisations including Cardiovascular Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery, among others. With

9638-561: The message that the Japanese government would accept a continued U. S. military presence after the occupation in order to ensure Japan’s security and make an early peace treaty possible. President Truman assigned the responsibility of negotiating a peace treaty to John Foster Dulles . Dulles met with Yoshida in Tokyo for the first time in June 1950, only days before the outbreak of the Korean War. They subsequently met several times to negotiate

9760-632: The most notable of which is the Kokasha ( 恒河沙 ). The Kokasha 's start-of-term issues include evaluations of lecturers by students from the previous year, and are widely read by students in the junior division to decide which modules to take at the beginning of terms. Additionally, there are several other relatively new student magazines, such as the biscUiT, the Todai Shimpo and the Komaba Times . Apart from those, student web media such as

9882-405: The new Democratic Party , causing his cabinet to resign on December 7, 1954, rather than face a no-confidence vote. He was replaced by Ichirō Hatoyama on December 10, 1954. Yoshida resigned as party president in favour of Taketora Ogata at the same time. He remained in the Diet until his retirement in 1963. After his resignation he spent most of his time at his villa in Oiso, though he remained

10004-538: The outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950. The war led to an economic boom stimulated by demand for goods and services from Japan by the American forces in Korea. Yoshida described this as a ”gift from the gods.” In April 1950 Yoshida sent Finance Minister Ikeda, together with Ikeda’s secretary Kiichi Miyazawa and Yoshida’s confidant Jiro Shirasu , to Washington. On the pretext of an economic mission, Ikeda conveyed

10126-572: The proportion of female faculty members to above a quarter by newly creating positions for 300 female lecturers by 2027. In 2021, the newly elected President Teruo Fujii announced the UTokyo Compass, a guiding framework for the university during his tenure, focusing on diversity, dialogue, and creating a better future. It emphasises the university's autonomy and creativity in a new era, advocating multifaceted perspectives on knowledge, people, and places. The Compass encourages dialogue throughout

10248-477: The purview of the University Museum (UMUT) . Apart from the aforementioned museums, the University of Tokyo operates several other public facilities, the most notable of which are two botanical gardens managed by the Faculty of Science : Koishikawa and Nikko. (research grants, endowments) In 2021-2022, the university had an income of 264.1 billion yen. Of this, 93.4 billion yen (35.1%) was funded by

10370-443: The role in April 2021 and is expected to serve until March 2027. The University of Tokyo's academic structure consists of 10 faculties and their affiliated graduate schools. This organisational structure, introduced as a result of reforms in the 1990s, aims to maximise the outcomes of education and research by integrating them across undergraduate and graduate levels, rather than maintaining separate focuses for each. In addition to

10492-486: The same month. Although Yoshida and Ikeda had apprehensions about the Dodge Line, they had no choice but to implement occupation policy. The plan was successful in ending hyperinflation, but it also caused severe short-term hardship. The decreased money supply led to a wave of bankruptcies and increased unemployment. Furthermore, spending cuts necessitated mass layoffs in the public sector. This situation continued until

10614-651: The same year and are matriculated in April. The official acceptance rates for undergraduate degrees are relatively high, at around 30 per cent, which is due to the policy of restricting the number of students who can sit for the exam based on the scores from the Common Test. Additionally, Japan's university admission policy does not allow applicants to apply to multiple prestigious national universities, hence non-prospective students tend to switch to other national universities where they are more likely to secure admission. The matriculation ceremony takes place on 12 April,

10736-414: The scope of which Yoshida personally resisted. Yoshida oversaw the adoption of the post-war Constitution of Japan , which was promulgated on 3 November 1946 and came into effect on 3 May 1947. Yoshida, a warm supporter of the imperial institution, did not believe that the revised constitution fundamentally changed the kokutai . In terms of economic policy, Yoshida and Finance Minister Ishibashi initiated

10858-635: The scores from the Common Test, approximately three times the number of the final admission slots are invited to take the main examination in late February. Based on the idea that regardless of the field of specialisation, all students should have a solid understanding of mathematics and a good command of languages, mathematics, Japanese and one foreign language are compulsory for all applicants. For this examination, science candidates are tested in Advanced Mathematics, English, Japanese, and two science subjects. Humanities candidates take Mathematics,

10980-565: The situation. During the war, Yoshida continued to associate with Konoe in trying to get the government to negotiate a peace with the Allies. In April 1945, he was arrested and briefly imprisoned over his association with Prince Konoe. Following the Japanese surrender in August 1945, the Allied occupation of the country began. Yoshida was brought out of retirement to serve as foreign minister in

11102-467: The students start a new chapter of their university life there. The Hongo Campus is located closer to the centre of Tokyo, and has more restaurants, cafes, and large museums in the vicinity compared to Komaba. In addition to these, the campus itself has fifteen refectories and restaurants, nine cafes, nine convenience stores and kiosks, one bookshop, two barbershops, and an underground gym with two 25-metre pools. Graduation ceremonies take place towards

11224-578: The treaty. In September 1951, Yoshida signed the Treaty of San Francisco , a peace treaty with the Allies that would serve as a formal peace agreement and bring about the end of the occupation of Japan when the treaty took effect in April 1952. Yoshida also signed the Security Treaty , which inaugurated the post-war military alliance between Japan and the United States. During a stopover in Hawaii on

11346-531: The university and became the Faculty of Engineering . In 1886 , the university was renamed Imperial University, and it adopted the name Tokyo Imperial University in 1897 after the founding of the next imperial university , what is now Kyoto University . By 1888, all faculties had completed their relocation to the former site of the Tokyo house of the Maeda family in Hongo , where they continue to operate today. Among

11468-401: The university and society as a pivotal tool for understanding and questioning, fostering inclusivity, and tackling global challenges. In his announcement, he pledged to make UTokyo 'a university that anyone in the world would like to join'. The University of Tokyo's admission process ( 東大入試 , todai nyushi ) is regarded as the most selective in Japan and is almost synonymous with something that

11590-490: The university in 1929, shortly after the new library was completed. Prince Henry's visit marked the first Great Ball (大園遊会, Dai-Enyukai ) in several years, which is now known as the May Festival (五月祭, Gogatsusai ). A large portion of the buildings on Hongo Campus today were built during this reconstruction period, and their unique Collegiate Gothic style is known as Uchida Gothic ( 内田ゴシック ) after Yoshikazu Uchida ,

11712-606: The university purchased additional land in its vicinity, which was still owned by the Maeda family, and expanded there. The reconstruction of the university and its library was brought up in the fourth general assembly of the League of Nations in September 1923, where it was unanimously decided to provide support. The League is said to have been sympathetic especially because the memory of the destruction of KU Leuven in Belgium during

11834-590: The university's international standing have brought about discussions on whether to raise these fees. Since its foundation in 1877, the University of Tokyo has been involved in a wide range of research across various disciplines, resulting in notable outcomes. Below is a selection of recognised research efforts conducted by individuals and teams affiliated with the university during their work. Hitotsubashi University Hitotsubashi University ( 一橋大学 , Hitotsubashi daigaku ) , formerly known as Tokyo University of Commerce ( 東京商科大学 , Tokyo shouka daigaku )

11956-507: The university's reliance on the grant and fostering greater independence, has been blamed as one of the main reasons for the decline in the university's competitiveness. To address these challenges, UTokyo has implemented various reforms. In 2004, the University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners (UTEC) was established. This venture capital firm, affiliated with the university, supports entrepreneurship arising from UTokyo's research and development, aiming to drive innovation across society. In 2006,

12078-567: The university, and it has been in continuous operation up to today. In 1941, the Empire of Japan attacked the American bases at Pearl Harbor and joined the World War II as an Axis power alongside Germany . By late 1943, as Japan faced significant defeats in the Pacific theatre , a decision was made to enlist university students studying humanities, sending them to battlefields. During

12200-602: The university, the university can typically claim up to 30% of them for university operations, which is included in this number. The total assets of the university are valued at 1.47 trillion yen as of 31 March 2024. Land holdings make up the largest percentage of this figure, valued at 878 billion yen. UTokyo's endowment fund is relatively small, at 44 billion yen as of March 2023. This is because national universities in Japan, including UTokyo, were not allowed to invest in high-risk assets until 2018, so endowments were spent rather than invested until that point. The UTokyo Foundation

12322-406: The university. There are four university dormitories available for undergraduate students: Mitaka, Toshima, Oiwake and Mejirodai. In 2021, approximately five per cent of the undergraduate students lived in one of the university dormitories. The university offers more options for international students, with on-campus dormitories available for them at Komaba and Kashiwa. The Todai Shimbun ( 東大新聞 )

12444-466: The war for engineers, especially in the fields of aeronautics, machinery, electronics, and shipbuilding, led to the establishment of the Second Faculty of Engineering ( 第二工学部 ) at UTokyo in 1942. In the newly built Chiba Campus, around 800 students were enrolled at one time, and pivotal military engineering research activities were conducted. It was closed in 1951, and as a successor organisation,

12566-488: The war, 1,652 students and alumni of UTokyo were killed, including those from varied civilian professions such as doctors, engineers, and diplomats, as well as those killed in action. They are commemorated in a memorial erected near the front gate of the Hongo Campus. Most students from faculties of engineering and science remained at university or worked as apprentice engineers, as the expertise of science and technology

12688-532: The way back from San Francisco, he also paid a visit to Pearl Harbor . The Yoshida Doctrine was a strategy adopted by Japan under Yoshida starting in 1951. He concentrated upon reconstructing Japan's domestic economy while relying heavily on the security alliance with the United States . Firstly, Japan is firmly allied with the United States in the Cold War against communism. Secondly, Japan relies on American military strength and limits its own defense forces to

12810-484: The world, and in the future it may struggle to provide a suitable environment for quality education and world-class research. UTokyo faces a challenging reality. Japan's long-lasting economic downturn since the 1990s has led to Japanese companies less willing to invest in research and development than before. Additionally, the government's Management Expense Grant ( 運営費交付金 ) has been reduced by one per cent annually since 2004. This policy, ostensibly aimed at decreasing

12932-689: The world, including the Anti-Vietnam War protests and the May 68 events in France. This zeitgeist of the era was prominently felt in Japan as well, symbolised by the 1960 Anpo protests , in which the death of a UTokyo student, Michiko Kamba , caused public outrage. In 1968, the University of Tokyo Struggles ( 東大紛争 , Tōdai Funsō ) began with medical students demanding improvements in internship conditions, in which medical students were forced to work long hours without being paid before being licensed as

13054-480: Was purged by authorities on the verge of taking office; Yoshida served as foreign minister in his own first three cabinets. He oversaw the adoption of the Constitution of Japan before losing office after the election of 1947. He returned to the premiership in 1948, and negotiated the Treaty of San Francisco , which ended the occupation and saw the restoration of sovereignty to Japan, and a security treaty with

13176-493: Was abruptly purged by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers on the eve of his appointment. Hatoyama approached Yoshida to take his place as prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party, despite Yoshida not even being a member of the party. Although reluctant, Yoshida eventually accepted, becoming prime minister of Japan on 22 May 1946. In the same month he joined the Liberal Party and was first made chairman of

13298-647: Was also shared among students, exemplified by the labour movement organisation the UTokyo Association of New People (Tōdai Shinjin-kai, 新人会 ) and the UTokyo Settlement (Tōdai Settlement, 東大セツルメント ). However, strong reactions against these liberal and socialist ideas also emerged at the university, notably from Shinkichi Uesugi , who mentored and greatly influenced three future prime ministers among his students at UTokyo: Nobusuke Kishi , Eisaku Satō , and Takeo Fukuda . On 1 September 1923,

13420-606: Was appointed vice minister for foreign affairs in July of the same year, after having recommended himself to the Prime Minister Giichi Tanaka . Tanaka served concurrently as minister for foreign affairs. During this time, Yoshida supported increasing Japanese influence in China, and advocated for the independence of Manchuria and Mongolia to weaken the Republic of China. He acquainted Ichiro Hatoyama , who

13542-569: Was assigned to Italy , and in 1912, he was posted to Andong in Japanese-ruled Korea , where he served concurrently as secretary to the Governor General Masatake Terauchi . When Terauchi was appointed prime minister in 1916, Yoshida turned down an offer to serve as his personal secretary. He was instead assigned to the Japanese embassy in the United States , but this appointment was cancelled when

13664-407: Was chief cabinet secretary under Tanaka. Yoshida remained in his post when Tanaka was replaced as prime minister by Osachi Hamaguchi and as foreign minister by Kijūrō Shidehara in July 1929, until he was appointed ambassador to Italy in December 1930. He returned to Japan in 1932 and, after having turned down the ambassadorship to the United States, for which he considered himself unsuitable, held

13786-596: Was deemed indispensable for the war effort. Leo Esaki , who was a student at the department of physics during the war, shared his memory of his university life in 2007: 'The day after the Tokyo Air Raid of 9 March 1945 , during which more than 100 thousand citizens were killed, professor Tanaka conducted class as usual, without mentioning the war at all'. The buildings and facilities of UTokyo were largely immune from air raids, allowing education and research activities to continue. The increased demand brought about by

13908-427: Was further retitled Tokyo Imperial University ( 東京帝國大學 , Tōkyō teikoku daigaku ) to distinguish it from other imperial universities established later. It served under this name until the official dissolution of the Empire of Japan in 1947, when it reverted to its original name. Today, the university consists of 10 faculties , 15 graduate schools , and 11 affiliated research institutes. As of 2023, it has

14030-529: Was held in April 1947 election . Yoshida himself stood for election for the first time, choosing for his constituency Kochi Prefecture , where his family originated. While Yoshida won his election, a plurality of the seats in the House of Representatives went to the Japan Socialist Party . Yoshida was approached by Tetsu Katayama and Suehiro Nishio , respectively chairman and secretary general of

14152-607: Was held in St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo and he was buried at Aoyama Cemetery . His state funeral was held in Nippon Budokan on 31 October 1967 in the presence of the Crown Prince and Princess . Under Yoshida's leadership, Japan began to rebuild its lost industrial infrastructure and placed a premium on unrestrained economic growth. Many of these concepts still impact Japan's political and economic policies. However, since

14274-513: Was not at school. Yoshida spent five years at Koyo Juku. In 1894 he went to Tokyo and spent a year studying at Nihon Gakuen, a school run by the famous educator Jugo Sugiura. He then went on to Higher Commercial School , but soon found he was unsuited for business and dropped out. He then briefly studied at Seisoku Academy and the Tokyo Physics School while preparing for higher school examinations, but he fell ill and had to spend

14396-461: Was not fulfilled. This is known as the "Shinyu Incident". Hitotsubashi University has about 4,500 undergraduate and 2,100 postgraduate students with some 630 faculty members. Parentheses show the numbers of admitted students per year. As of 2007, Hitotsubashi University had academic exchange agreements with 84 overseas universities and research institutions, including those between departments and departments, as follows: Hitotsubashi University

14518-437: Was ranked 3rd in Japan (100th in the world). In this ranking, Hitotsubashi is one of three Japanese business schools categorized in "Universal business schools with major international influence". It is one of the few Japanese business schools teaching in English. Mines ParisTech : Professional Ranking World Universities ranks Hitotsubashi University as 25th in the world in 2011 in the number of alumni listed among CEOs in

14640-689: Was succeeded by Tetsu Katayama on 24 May 1947. Yoshida and his party thus entered the opposition. Yoshida used this time to strengthen his party and consolidate his leadership. Shortly after the Katayama Cabinet was replaced by the Ashida Cabinet in March 1948, the Liberal Party formed into the Democratic Liberal Party by merging with a breakaway group led by Shidehara from the Democratic Party. After

14762-539: Was supported by Shibusawa, Takashi Masuda , and other prominent business figures. The renaming of the school to Hitotsubashi University in 1949 may be linked to its historical ties with the Hitotsubashi branch of the Tokugawa family, headed by Yoshinobu. There were plans to merge the institute into the University of Tokyo as part of the economics department in the 1900s, but alumni and students objected—the merger

14884-470: Was the granddaughter of the Edo period Confucian scholar Issai Satō . Yoshida spent his early childhood in Yokohama. After he graduated from elementary school there in 1889, he was enrolled at Koyo Juku, a prestigious rural boarding school. That same year, Kenzō Yoshida died, and Shigeru inherited a substantial fortune from him. Kotoko subsequently raised Shigeru on the family's estate in Ōiso when he

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