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Kodaira is a city located in the western portion of the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 195,207 in 93,654 households, and a population density of 9500 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Geography Kodai ...

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. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious higher educational institutions for women in Japan, contributing to the advancement of women in society for more than a century.

History

The university was founded in 1900 by

Tsuda Umeko was a Japanese educator who founded Tsuda University. She was the daughter of Tsuda Sen, an agricultural scientist, and at the age of 7, she became Japan's first female exchange student, traveling to the U.S. on the same ship as the Iwakura ...

as Joshi Eigaku Juku. The name was changed to Tsuda Eigaku Juku in 1933, then to Tsuda Juku Senmon Gakko, and finally Tsuda Juku Daigaku (Tsuda College) in 1948. From April 2017 Tsuda was renamed, in English, to Tsuda University consisting of two colleges: * The College of Liberal Arts at Kodaira Campus, Tokyo * The College of Policy Studies at Sendagaya Campus, Tokyo

Notable alumnae

Taki Fujita Taki Fujita (藤田たき) (23 December 1898 – 4 January 1993) was a Japanese educator and activist for women's rights. Fujita was president of Tsuda University, Tsuda College from 1962 to 1972. Early life and education Fujita was born in ...

, 4th president of Tsuda College (1962–1972) *

Kumiko Haba is a Japanese Professor of International Politics at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo. Her research is International Relations, International Politics, International Sociology, Power Shift and National Anxiety, Immigrants-Refugee questions, Na ...

, political scientist, international relations * Michiko Inukai, author *

Ichiko Kamichika Ichiko Kamichika (神近市子, ''Kamichika Ichiko'') (June 6, 1888 August 1, 1981) was a journalist, feminist, writer, translator, and critic. Her birth name was Ichi Kamichika and her pen name was Ei, Yo, or Ou Sakaki . After World War II, K ...

, politician *

Mieko Kamiya was a Japanese psychiatrist who treated leprosy patients at Nagashima Aiseien Sanatorium. She was known for translating books on philosophy. She worked as a medical doctor in the Department of Psychiatry at Tokyo University following World Wa ...

, psychiatrist *

Mitsuyo Kusano is a female Japanese TV presenter and news anchor. She once served as an announcer for NHK and as one of the masters of ceremony for the annual ''Kohaku Uta Gassen is the Japanese word for amber. Kohaku (琥珀) may refer to: Music * Koh ...

, newscaster *

Yoriko Madoka is a Japanese politician who served in the House of Councillors from 1993 to 2010. Early life and career Madoka was born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa and grew up in Yao, Osaka and Takamatsu, Kagawa. She graduated from Tsuda College in 1969, and worked ...

, politician *

Yoko Matsuoka McClain Yoko Matsuoka McClain (January 1, 1924 – November 2, 2011) was a Japanese-born American professor of Japanese language and literature at the University of Oregon. She was the granddaughter of Japanese novelist, Natsume Sōseki, from her mate ...

, Japanese language and literature professor *

Chie Nakane was a Japanese anthropologist and Professor Emerita of Social Anthropology at the University of Tokyo. Education and career Nakane was born in Tokyo and spent her teenage years in Beijing. She graduated from Tsuda College in 1947 and then comp ...

, first-appointed female professor of Tokyo University *

Tomoko Namba is a Japanese entrepreneur, and the former CEO of DeNA. She is vice-chair of the Japan Business Federation. In 1999 she founded DeNA, one of Japan's largest mobile social network and mobile game companies. She transitioned from CEO to Execut ...

, founder and former CEO of DeNA Co., Ltd. * Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, anthropologist *

Natsuko Toda is a Japanese subtitler and film industry interpreter. She has been called "the most famous film translator in Japan ..unquestionably" and the "Subtitle Queen". She has subtitled more than 1,000 English-language films in Japanese. Biography Nat ...

, translator *

Akiko Yamanaka is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Otaru, Hokkaido and graduate of Tsuda College, she was elected to the Ho ...

, politician *

Noriko Yui Noriko Yui is a professor of mathematics at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Career A native of Japan, Yui obtained her B.S. from Tsuda College, and her Ph.D. in Mathematics from Rutgers University in 1974 under the supervision of Richa ...

, mathematician * Sachiko Hayashi, visual artist List of Notable Alumnae

Faculty

Anna Cope Hartshorne Anna Cope Hartshorne (January 8, 1860 – October 2, 1957) was an American educator and writer based in Japan. A member of a prominent Philadelphia Quaker family, she was a founder and faculty member of Tsuda University, with her close friend Ts ...

Yoshi Kasuya Yoshi Kasuya (1894–1994) was a Japanese educator who spent the majority of her career at Tsuda College in Kodaira, Tokyo, initially as a teacher and later as president. She studied extensively in the United States, receiving a B.A. from Wellesley ...

Julie Beth Lovins Julie Beth Lovins (October 19, 1945, in Washington, D.C. – January 26, 2018, in Mountain View, California) was a computational linguist who published The Lovins Stemming Algorithm - a type of stemming algorithm for word matching - in 1968. The ...

Kawai Michi was a Japanese educator, Christian activist, and proponent of Japanese-Western ties before, during, and after World War II. She served as the first Japanese National Secretary of the YWCA of Japan and founded Keisen University. Early life Kawai ...

Elizabeth Gray Vining Elizabeth Janet Gray Vining (October 6, 1902 – November 27, 1999) was an American professional librarian and author who tutored Emperor Akihito of Japan in English while he was crown prince. She was also a noted author, whose children's book ...

* Tetsuro Watsuji

External links

Tsuda University English website

References

Private universities and colleges in Japan Women's universities and colleges in Japan Kodaira, Tokyo 1900 establishments in Japan Universities and colleges established in 1900 Universities and colleges in Tokyo {{tokyo-university-stub