Tokyo, May 30 -- In recognition of his lifelong work on microcredit, ... Chief Adviser Professor Yunus on Friday was conferred an Honorary Doctorate Degree by Japan's renowned Soka University. ...

Soka University is a private university in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. It opened to undergraduate students in 1971 and the graduate school opened in 1975. The Soka University of America, is an affiliate ...

Police are seen outside Hosei University's Tama campus in Machida, in the western suburbs of Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 10, 2025, after a woman weilding a hammer inside a classroom reportedly wounded ...

Eight injured in hammer attack spree at Tokyo university. Police have arrested a 22-year-old female student from the scene, and say it is unclear whether the attack was premeditated ...

Princess Aiko of Japan beamed as she attended her graduation ceremony at Gakushuin University in Tokyo. Aiko donned a navy kimono and Tabi shoes as she posed up a storm on Wednesday.

Japan’s plummeting university enrollment forecasts what could be ahead for the U.S. The main building of International Christian University in Tokyo. (Tomohiro Ohsumi / For The Hetchinger Report) ...

At the University of Tokyo, the 2020 winner publicly accused organizers of sexually harassing contestants, by asking during interviews how many sexual partners they had been with, for instance.

Japan's plummeting birth rate has sparked policy discussions about the challenges facing higher education institutions that could lead some to shutter.

Ikeda was born in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 1928, the fifth of eight children of Nenoki and Ichi, who ran a small seaweed firm. In 1947 he met Josei Toda, then leader of the Soka Gakkai organisation, who ...

Tokyo (AFP) – Chika Ezure faced gender bias from her own family when deciding to do a master's degree at Japan's top-ranked university. After arriving on campus, she realised the resistance she ...

Daisaku Ikeda, the longtime leader of the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai, one of the largest religious groups in Japan, has died. He was 95.

In recognition of his lifelong work on microcredit, social business, and the empowerment of the poor, Chief Adviser Professor Yunus on Friday was conferred an Honorary Doctorate Degree by Japan’s ...