Ritsumeikan University
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Ritsumeikan University (Japanese: 立命館大学, Hepburn: Ritsumeikan Daigaku; abbreviated to Rits and 立命 Ritsumei) is a private university in Kyoto, Japan, that traces its origin to 1869. In addition to its main campus in Kyoto, the university also has satellite campuses in Ibaraki, Osaka and Kusatsu, Shiga.
Today, Ritsumeikan University is known as one of Western Japan's most prestigious universities, part of the "Kan-Kan-Do-Rits" (関関同立: Kwansei Gakuin University, Kansai University, Doshisha University, and Ritsumeikan University) abbreviation that refers to the four leading private universities in the Keihanshin region.
Ritsumeikan University is known for its Social Sciences, particularly International Relations (IR), as well as its Science & Engineering departments, with the Graduate School of International Relations being the only Japanese member of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs.
It is a leading Japanese university that maintains a Confucius Institute, which have close ties to the Chinese Communist Party on its campus, and are actively engaged in promoting Chinese culture.A former members of the Japanese Communist Party in parliament have conducted propaganda activities on campus, and the party's newspaper has published articles hinting at a strong connection.
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