Kyoritsu Women's University
Kyoritsu Women's University (共立女子大学 Kyōritsu joshi daigaku?) is a private women's college in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, established in 1949.
The predecessor of the school, a vocational school, was founded in 1886. The name "Kyoritsu", meaning "standing together" in Japanese, came from the fact that 34 people were involved in the foundation of the school; among them were educator Haruko Hatoyama, Kyuichiro Nagai (the father of writer Kafu Nagai) and educator Seiichi Tejima.
The founding of Kyoritsu marked the very beginning of women's higher education in Japan. To recognize the need to "educate modern women in knowledge and skills, and to elevate the position of women in society."
The university has established exchange-links with international institutions of higher education—for example, the University of Pennsylvania
Kaoru Hatoyama was a schoolmaster at the university founded by her mother-in-law, Haruko. Kaoru is well known as the wife of a politician, as the spouse of Ichirō Hatoyama, who was the 52nd, 53rd and 54th Prime Minister of Japan, serving terms from December 10, 1954 through December 23, 1956.
In 2006-2008, Eiko Ikui of Kyoritsu Women's University was an Executive Director of the Japanese Association for American Studies.
Coordinates: 35°41′36.7″N 139°45′28.8″E / 35.693528°N 139.758000°E
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