St Paul’s University, Tokyo
Founded in 1874 by Bishop Channing Moore Williams, it officially became St. Paul's College in 1907. Native Japanese leadership assumed administration in 1920 and it acquired university status in 1922. It was reorganized and became co-educational in 1949. The graduate school was established in 1951.
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