News & Events

Courtesy visit by the Malaysian Minister of Higher Education

Meiji University concludes comprehensive agreement with Juntendo University

Training in South Korea for one the top placing teams in the e-Presen Contest

Exchange with Indonesia’s State University of Malang through a class

The Meiji University Taidouren women’s lacrosse team victorious for second consecutive year at the Japan National Lacrosse Championships

[M's Opinion] Vol.79 The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Thinking about Our Next Actions

Masataka Morizono of the Athletic Association’s Table Tennis Club wins first ever Japanese victory in the men’s doubles event at the Grand Finals

Notice of illuminations on Surugadai Campus

Meiji University Rugby Football Club wins Mei-So match to win the Kanto University Rugby Games for the first time in three years

Ceremony to commemorate 3 million visitors at the Izumi Library

[M's Opinion] Vol.80 The TPP should be a catalyst for change through understanding of its essence

Holding of an international academic conference with Korea University

Holding of a symposium to commemorate establishment of the Research Institute for the History of Global Arms Transfer

Lecture by Professor Horie, former Ambassador to Malaysia

Establishment of an international research network linking Japan, France, Korea, and Taiwan

Receipt of the Good Design Special Award by Dr. Masami Kobayashi, Professor of the School of Science and Technology

[International Student Voice] Vol.2 from Taiwan

Informal agreement to sign with J.League teams reached by five members of Meiji University Athletic Association’s Soccer Club

WSJ Quiz Contest Held by Concerned Faculty Members in the School of Political Science and Economics

A lecture titled “Sharjah, the Heart of Culture” by the J.U.K.I. Held.

[M's Opinion] Vol.76 Let's Have the Deep Discussion Before Full-Scale Restart of Nuclear Power Plants

[M's Opinion] Vol.78 Sex, Love and Marriage through the Prism of Japan’s Social Structure

Performance of “The Comedy of Errors” by a Cambridge student company

Courtesy visit by the official in charge of university interchange at the French embassy

Visit to Meiji University by the Canberra Accord membership examination team

Courtesy visit by a delegation from the University of Dhaka (Bangladesh)

Visit to Nakano Campus by a group of Chinese high-school students visiting Japan

Three current Meiji University students and two alumni enter the world of professional baseball

Welcome back! Return to your alma mater - the 18th Homecoming Day

Notice of the 15th Ikumei Festival

[M's Opinion] Vol.77 Ability to “Seek Help” Required for Treating Depression

Notice of the Graduation Ceremony for the 2015 Academic Year

Notice of the 131st Meidai Festival

[International Student Voice] Vol.1 from China

Widening Worldwide Circle of Partner Universities

"100-yen light meals" will be served in Surugadai and Ikuta Campuses

Meiji University hosts “Study in Japan Fair in Paris”.

Meiji University held a program under “the Sakura Science Plan” with students invited to participate from Tsinghua University in China

Holding of the exhibit “Evolving Impossible Objects – The Mystifying World Born of Illusion”

Launch of an official Meiji University site on SINA Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter

Suspension of classes for the Meiji Festival and Ikuta Meiji Festival of 2015 Academic Year (notice)

[M's Opinion] Vol.75 Local Government Administrative Reforms Start from Accounting System Reforms

Courtesy visit by the Lithuanian ambassador to Japan for a chat with a group headed by the President

Autumn Entrance Ceremony for the 2015 Academic Year Held

World Cities World Class University (WC2) network -Holding of the London Summer Symposium

Autumn Graduation Ceremony for the 2015 Academic Year Held

[M's Opinion] Vol.72 Rethinking Agricultural “Continuity” and “Sustainability”

Symposium jointly hosted by Meiji University and the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application of Kyoto University (CiRA) - Collaboration between iPS Cells and Medicine, Agriculture, and Engineering: Perspectives on New Medicine -

Conclusion of an agreement on an internship program between the Meiji University School of Political Science and Economics and the Australian Koala Foundation

Short-term Student Exchange Program with Vietnam 2015 Held -School of Information and Communication

Renewal of Meiji.net -Proposals from Meiji University to society

VIBE Program -Presentation at the Dutch embassy by Meiji University students and students from the EU

[M's Opinion] Vol.71 Introducing a new perspective on the development of renewable energy

Cool Japan Summer Program 2015 Held

Meiji University Open Campus 2015 -record-high turnout of about 60,000

Meiji University wins the first place for the fourth consecutive year in the Nihon-Ryugaku Awards (awards that recommend universities to international students) in the East Japan Liberal Arts Department for private universities

Foreign students at Meiji University and Waseda University exchange views with the mayor of Nakano Ward

Meiji University alumnus Norio Sasaki leads Nadeshiko Japan to second place in the 2015 Women’s World Cup

Shibusawa Claudel Prize presented to Associate Professor Michelin Franck

Dispatch of foreign students to an elementary school in Nakano Ward

Holding of Law in Japan program for students of the School of Law at De La Salle University (Philippines)

[M's Opinion] Vol.69 The Meaning of the Shift to a Service Economy -The structural transition needed to shift from products to services-

Law in Japan Program 2015 Held

Widening Worldwide Circle of Partner Universities

[M's Opinion] Vol.68 The Little-known Copyright Issues in TPP Negotiations -Freedom of Expression and Protection of Copyright Holders-

Holding of a symposium co-hosted by Meiji University and the Kyoto University Center for iPS Cell Research and Application: “iPS Cells and Partnership among Medicine, Agriculture, and Industry – Perspectives on New Medicine”

Announcement of the results for the 5th Student Showdown! e-Presen Contest (Spring 2015)

Adoption of New Instruction Timetable Starting in the 2017 Academic Year (notice)

Meiji University athletes win 17 medals at the 28th Universiade

Meiji University alumnus Keisuke Hada (a 2008 graduate of the School of Commerce) is awarded the Akutagawa Prize for his “Scrap and Build.”

Meiji University ranked 1st as a university admission choice for the 7th consecutive year in the University Brand Power Survey

Open Lecture "Chanel, Dior, and Saint Laurent" Held

Open Lecture Entitled "What it Means to Perform 2015" (Guest speaker: Tamasaburo Bando)

2nd Nationwide University History Exhibition: "Student Life Before, During, and After World War II"

Professor Emeritus Masao Mukaidono (Chairman of the Meiji University Alumni Association) awarded the Prime Minister’s Commendations on Contributors to Public Safety

Cultural Exchange Program through Cooking Held in Collaboration with Nakano Ward Neighborhood Association

First Annual "Lecture and Seminar on Photography (a program of the Japan Foundation): "Samurai in Meiji Japan and Cosplay" Held

Meiji University Concludes Agreement with University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Group Banner Presented to Shikon Group in Los Angeles, became the Largest Overseas Shikon group with Over 200 Members

Raising Awareness about World Refugee Day (June 20): special exhibit and screening held on Izumi Campus

Thirteen Foreign Correspondents from Five Countries Visit the Defunct Imperial Japanese Army Noborito Laboratory Museum for Education in Peace

Holding of a meeting to "Hear from Global Embassy Staff"

International exchange between Tarleton State University (U.S.) chorus group and Meiji University Glee Club through songs

Inviting the President of the High Council for Equality between Women and Men to hold a seminar on gender equality in France and Japan

Holding of the fourth European Higher Education Fair

[M's Opinion] Vol.67 Japan’s New “My Number” ID Numbering System:Will it be able to balance privacy and the public interest?

[M's Opinion] Vol.65 Advice from History for Today’s Society of Increasing Violence -Trends in Society from the Edo Period to the Closing Days of the Tokugawa Shogunateand the Role of Yoshida Shoin-

Workshop on Theory and Practice of Real Computation

[M's Opinion] Vol.66 Civil Partnership Regulations and the Diverse Nation of Japan : Inward-Looking Patriotism is Bad for Japan

[M's Opinion] Vol.64 The Importance of Testing by External English-Language Certifying Examinations and their Adoption—Training Human Resources Who Can Succeed on the World Stage

MJIIT Alumni Association in Japan – holding of the first general meeting and get-together at Meiji University

FY2014 meeting for reports by returning UN youth volunteers

Regarding Classes for May 13 (May 12, 2015 4:30 PM)

Agreement with the Queensland University of Technology (Australia) on student interchange plan

Holding of a symposium to commemorate Meiji University's adoption for the “Top Global University Project”

Holding of an international symposium titled “Japan, USA, China, and ASEAN Countries – What Should They Do Now?”– Keynote speech by former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda

Holding of the annual World Cities, World Class University Network (WC2) meeting at Meiji University

【News&Opinion】A New Stage Framework for Climate Change and its Global Challenges - Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 15 to COP 21) -

Widening Worldwide Circle of Partner Universities

[M's Opinion] Vol.61 Meiji University’s Current Efforts to Support Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake -Ensuring That Memories of the Disaster Do Not Fade -

[M's Opinion] Vol.62 Key Companies in “Abenomics” and Revitalization of Local Regions -Recommending Genetic Management of Companies-

An international workshop pertaining to the education-related effects of short-term study abroad

Completion of HIROKO House, a facility for shared residence by students from other countries

German Federal Fiscal Court President Mellinghoff pays a courtesy call on MU President Fukumiya

Holding of a Model UN by concerned students to address global issues

[M's Opinion] Vol.57 Toward New Disaster-Resilient Community Development -An Approach Based on “Pre-Disaster Restoration”-

[M's Opinion] Vol.59 Folk Culture is the Starting Point for “Regional Creation” - Recommendations Based on the Relationship between Community Resilience and Traditional Performing Arts and Festivals-

[M's Opinion] Vol.51 Let’s Live a Theatrical Live -and Give Up Our Daily Life Holed Up in Social Media-

M's Opinion Vol.9 Striking a blow at the issue of Japan's declining birthrate -Causes lie in the increasing tendency towards unmarried, late marriage, and late childbirth-

[M's Opinion] Vol.4 A perspective for a multi-ethnic Japan

[M's Opinion] Vol.45 Cutting Edge of Risk Management in Financial Institutions and its Pitfalls -Toward Use of Quantitative Methods Considering their Theoretical Limits-

[M's Opinion] Vol.49 The Future of Japan Transformed by Women -The Corporate Organization in Demand Today is One in Which Women Can Thrive-

Widening Worldwide Circle of Partner Universities

[M's Opinion] Vol.58 Ensuring Rural Communities Will Not Disappear -A Form of Coexistence Between Urban and Rural Communities as Seen in a Return to Rural Living-

[M's Opinion] Vol.24 Japan’s manga industry -An international comparison-

[M's Opinion] Vol.39 Is the “Yubari shock” now a thing of the past? -New municipal financial crises and the spread of citizen participation-

[M's Opinion] Vol.41 Sustainable Living in a Time of Global Warming -Learning from Herders in Mongolia-

[M's Opinion] Vol.60 Considering Social Problems from the Perspective of Public Policy -The Importance of Relativizing Things and Considering Them from Multifaceted Perspectives-

On the Occasion of the Fourth Anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake

Group banners presented to five Shikon Groups in Saigon, Seoul, Russia, Brazil, and Hanoi

The world is wide! Students from other countries take part in an interchange program at an elementary school

[M's Opinion] Vol.54 Dreaming of Winning the Hakone Ekiden Long-Distance Road Relay -Tracing 20 Years of Struggle by the Track and Field Club-

Participation by MU students in the Japan-America Student Conference

Special lecture by Dr. Komarenko, Associate Professor of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv: “Ukraine – The Long and Winding Road to Europe”

Special lecture by three-star chef Alain Ducasse – “French Cuisine – Its Tradition and the Present Age”

[M's Opinion] Vol.53 Reviving the Community Economy through Family Businesses -Restoring the Dynamism of Japan as a Whole-

[M's Opinion] Vol.47 The Ideal for Local Communities Amid a Decreasing Population -Building Interpersonal Ties While Valuing the Individual-

[M's Opinion] Vol.46 An Urgent View on Putting the Brakes on Population Decreases -Employing Measures to Counter Low Birthrates, Reform Social Security, and Revitalize Local Regions-

M's Opinion Vol.52 Breaking Free From Issues in Contemporary Job Seeking -Recommendations for Students and Employers Bound by a Unified Value System-

M's Opinion Vol.55 The Negative Effects of Rapid Depreciation of the Yen and the Bank of Japan’s Policy of Quantitative Monetary Easing

Widening Worldwide Circle of Partner Universities

[M's Opinion] Vol.38　Population Decline and Immigration Policy: Toward an Intercultural Japan

[M's Opinion] No.48 Now is the Time to Think About End-of-Life Issues -Issues Related to the Transition from the Baby Boom Generation to the Post-Baby Boom Generation-

[M's Opinion] No.56 Training the Global Human Resources that are in Demand Today

Widening Worldwide Circle of Partner Universities

Regarding your safety when travelling overseas

Notice about access restrictions during the entrance exams

[M's Opinion] No.40 The Coming Age of 8K SUPER Hi-Vision (Ultra-High-Definition Television) -The Meaning of the Ultimate-

Holding of an international symposium with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences—“Financial deregulation in China and Japan -The Risk and the Chances-”

Holding of the WSJ Future Leadership Program Quiz Contest—live competition with Thai students through the Internet

MEXT Go Global Japan event “Global Human Resource Development Forum” held at MU

MUN Workshop held in Japan for the first time ever, by MU and the UN

Opening of the Meiji University Manga Library Reading Room in the School of Foreign Languages, Peking University

Taking a worldwide perspective—The Third French Business Campus

[M's Opinion] No.44 The Psychology of Abuse, a Continual Vicious Cycle -Psychological Support for Trauma and PTSD-

Notice about access restrictions during the entrance exams

[M's Opinion] No.43 Readiness for Natural Disasters Occurring in Combination -Views on Disaster Prevention in Contemporary Japan-

[M's Opinion] No.50 Reviewing the Midterm Elections in the U.S. -Changes in President Obama’s Leadership and the Importance of House-to-House Canvassing-

New Year's Greetings from the Chairman of Board of Trustees

New Year's Greetings from the President