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In 1917, founder Tokujiro Shibata and other young volunteers gathered together to found Kokushikan, a private academy and predecessor to the university in Azabu Ward, Tokyo (present day Minami-aoyama, Minato City). Wishing to promote education that respects human growth, the school moved to its current location in Setagaya in 1919. In 1953, a junior college was established and in 1958, the university was established along with the Faculty of Physical Education. Subsequently, six more faculties were established by 2011 for a total of seven (the junior college was abolished in 2003). Starting in 1965, the first graduate school was established and today, there are a total of ten graduate schools.
Kokushikan University celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 2017. It is a comprehensive school that also includes Kokushikan Senior High School and Kokushikan Junior High School. Kokushikan has produced many public servants who contribute to the local society with a great sense of mission, choosing to become police officers, firefighters, teachers, paramedics, and more as a post-graduate path. Kokushikan ranks at the top nationally for the number of students who have passed these national examinations.
Following the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, Kokushikan University positioned itself as a disaster prevention university base, making basic education on disaster prevention mandatory for all new students, entering into cooperative agreements with local governments and related organizations, and working to train human resources that can contribute in times of disaster.
Kokushikan also contributes to society by giving educational research resources back to the community through open lectures, public use of its libraries, and cooperative initiatives to solve community issues.
Kokushikan University is making history without stopping as a glocal university open to the world and rooted in the community.
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