, abbreviated as is a private university in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1900 by Prince (title for a Duke at that time) Taro Katsura (1848–1913). It has two campuses: the main campus in the Bunkyō Ward and a satellite campus in Hachiōji. Takushoku University has five faculties: Commerce, Political Science and Economics, Foreign Languages, International Studies, and Engineering. A previous university chancellor, Satoshi Morimoto, was Japan's former Minister of Defense. Some past chancellors such as Taro Katsura and Yasuhiro Nakasone were previously Japanese prime ministers.

History

Originally, Takushoku University was named the Taiwan Association School, and was founded to produce graduates to contribute to the development of Taiwan. In 1907, it was renamed the Oriental Association Vocational School.

The Faculty of Political Science and Economics is the third oldest in the country after Waseda and Meiji universities.

thumb|Statue of [[Taro Katsura, founder of Takushoku University, at Onshi Memorial Hall]]

Organization

Faculties

Graduate schools

Sports

Takushoku University was responsible for training many of Japanese local and colonial administrators as well as overseas merchants. Several of these people who were (practitioners of karate) took up administrative positions in the Japan Karate Association when it was founded in 1949. The university's karate club was founded around 1924 and has produced many prominent karate instructors and competitors. The university also has a judo program, which produced a second-place result in a 1967 Japanese collegiate competition.

The athletics club was founded in 1921. It has participated in the Hakone Ekiden 42 times as of 2021.

Alumni

See also

References

  • Takushoku University Karate Club
  • Commemorative Photo-book