is a private

Private university

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 women's college

Women's college

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 in Tama, Tokyo

Tama, Tokyo

is a municipality classified as a city, located in Tokyo, Japan.Its southern half forms part of the Tama New Town project, Japan's largest residential development, constructed in the 1970s....

, Japan

Japan

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, established in 1988. The university is linked to the Keisen School for Young Women, founded in 1929 by Michi Kawai, the National Secretary of the Young Women's Christian Associations of Japan

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Philosophy

Keisen University follows an educational philosophy based on the following three sets of values:

• Christianity:
  Respect for human's individualities and attention to other person without discrimination of race and class.
• International Peace Studies:
  Improve Japanese women's knowledge of the world, get rid of prejudice and face problems.
• Horticulture:
  The love of nature, the respect for all the living things and the learning of the basic morals.

Faculty of Humanities

• Department of Japanese Language and Culture
• Department of English Communication
• Department of Trans-Cultural Studies

Faculty of Human and Social Studies

• Department of International Social Studies
• Department of Human Life and Environment Studies

Graduate School

• Graduate School of Humanities-Division of Cultual Coexistence

This division's main focus is on Japanese-Language education and multicultural coexistence studies. Study programmes include Japanese language teaching and education, gender and culture studies, minority and culture studies and multicultural communication.

• Graduate School of Human and Social Studies-Division of Peace Studies

Chapel

The chapel offers regular services, as well as music of pipe organ. There is a Christian center under the chapel. Sometimes, they have some chapel concerts for students and the local community.

Educational Farm

There is a large farm called "Farm for education" where various vegetables and flowers are cultivated.
All first year "Freshman

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" students take a compulsory horticulture class, where they learn to grow vegetables and flowers.

Herb Garden

There are many kinds of herbs. Students can pick herbs and sometimes drink herb tea. The herb garden is also a popular spot where students can eat lunch.

International links

In addition to 'Study-abroad' programs in California, Thailand, England and Australia, Keisen University has educational links with the following institutions:

• North Western College
  Northwestern College (Iowa)
  Northwestern College is a private Christian liberal arts college located in Orange City, Iowa. It is also known as Northwestern IA. It is affiliated with the Reformed Church in America . Northwestern began as an academy in 1882. It was then upgraded to junior college status in 1928...
  
   （Iowa, USA）
• Silla University （Busan, Korea）
• Payap University
  Payap University
  Payap University established in 1974, is a private institution founded by the Church of Christ in Thailand. Payap is a founding member of the Association of Private Higher Education Institutions in Thailand, and an active member of the Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia, as...
  
   （Chiang Mai, Thailand）

Notable alumni and teachers

• Michi Kawai, founder.
• Sachiko Kokubu
  Sachiko Kokubu
  is a Japanese actress and fashion model. She has starred several TV dramas and movies. She had the starring role in the 2004 horror film Tokyo Psycho.- Filmography :* Nurse no osigoto 3 * Onmyoji * Tokyo Psycho...
  
  , actress, alumnus of Junior College English literature department.
• Rieko Hara, alumnus of Faculty of Humanities.
• Sasagu Arai
  Sasagu Arai
  is a Japanese researcher of early Christianity and Gnosticism. Arai is a Doctor of Theology Professor emeritus of University of Tokyo and Keisen University, and a member of The Japan Academy...
  
  , Professor of Theology
• Masami Ohinata, professor of Department of Human Life and Environment Studies.
• Kenji Kawashima, professor of Department of International Social Studies.
• Yuichi Yoshikawa, professor and translator.
• Satoshi Fujita, professor of horticulture and regular NHK presenter.

External links

• Keisen University official website