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Astronaut Noguchi in Kyoto

Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi makes a speech at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, western Japan, on May 23, 2024.

Session to discuss S. Korean film on 'comfort women' in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Makoto Katsumura, director of the Ritsumeikan Center for Korean Studies, speaks during a meeting at Hiroshima University in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Dec. 12, 2014, to discuss a South Korean documentary film on the issue of wartime "comfort women" with involvement of the Japanese military authorities at that time.

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Japanese univ. confers honorary degree on Indonesian leader

KYOTO, Japan - Ritsumeikan University President Kiyofumi Kawaguchi (L) confers an honorary doctorate on Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the university in Kyoto, western Japan, on Sept. 29, 2014, in recognition of his efforts for peace.

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Indonesian president given honorary doctorate in Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Visiting Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono makes a speech in Kyoto, western Japan, on Sept. 29, 2014, after receiving an honorary doctorate from Ritsumeikan University in recognition of his efforts for peace.

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Students join job experience program in disaster-hit town

SENDAI, Japan - Marin Imai (extreme L) and other students of Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, western Japan, process seaweed at a fishery plant in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 29, 2014, during a job experience program designed to support the town's reconstruction from the earthquake and tsunami that ravaged the northeastern Japan region in 2011.

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China, Japan universities co-found school in Dalian

DALIAN, China - Ritsumeikan University professor Eiji Okubo, the Japanese dean of DUT-RU International School of Information Science and Engineering co-founded by China's Dalian University of Technology and Ritsumeikan, speaks to new students in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China, on Sept. 9, 2014. This is the first such joint school by a Japanese university and an overseas university, according to Ritsumeikan.

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Sneak shot-preventing LED light system developed

KYOTO, Japan - A university student holds a smartphone with a "Warning" sign on the screen in Kyoto, western Japan, on Sept. 3, 2014, in a demonstration of a sneak shot-preventing system based on LED lighting. A team at the Kyoto-based Ritsumeikan University developed the system, which is sensitive to changes in lighting levels and which automatically stops a smartphone's camera function.

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WWII suicide motorboat survivor laments 'kamikaze' boom

OTSU, Japan - Tadakuma Iwai, honorary professor of Ritsumeikan University, shows his picture as a suicide motorboat pilot during World War II in Otsu, western Japan, on Aug. 1, 2014. He warns of the recent trend of novels and movies depicting "kamikaze" suicide missions, saying they are glossing over the past.

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New speaker can send sound to target listener alone

KYOTO, Japan - A group of researchers at Ritsumeikan University demonstrates a newly developed speaker system capable of sending sound audible only to a targeted listener in Kyoto, western Japan, on June 2, 2014.

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J-League, Ritsumeikan Univ. sign alliance

OSAKA, Japan - J-League Chairman Mitsuru Murai (L) and Toyoomi Nagata, chairman of the Ritsumeikan Trust Board of Trustees, hold a signed agreement on May 26, 2014 in Kyoto, western Japan, on wide-ranging cooperation, including the cultivation of human resources in sports management, players' second careers, regional development and international exchange.

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Japanese, Myanmar universities conclude accord

YANGON, Myanmar - Shun Korenaga (L), president of the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, shakes hands with Khin Naing Oo, rector of the Yangon Institute of Economics, after the two institutions concluded a cooperative agreement on Feb. 7, 2014 in Yangon, Myanmar.

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NPO in Osaka organizes egg drop contest

KOBE, Japan - A high school student is about to drop a raw egg covered by a protector created by his three-member team during the Kansai western Japan regional competition of the Egg Drop Koshien on Nov. 3, 2013 on the Ritsumeikan University campus in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture.

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NPO in Osaka organizes egg drop contest

KOBE, Japan - High school students create a device to protect a raw egg from a 10-meter fall during the Kansai western Japan regional competition of the Egg Drop Koshien on Nov. 3, 2013 on the Ritsumeikan University campus in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture.

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Coca-Cola exec in Japan

OITA, Japan - Ahmet Bozer, executive vice president and president of Coca-Cola International, speaks at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 13, 2013.

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Japanese Princess Akiko

KYOTO, Japan - Princess Akiko, a member of the Japanese Imperial Household, is interviewed by Kyodo News at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 17, 2011, ahead of her 30th birthday on Dec. 20. The princess, a researcher on Japanese art, has been working as a postdoctoral fellow at the university's Kinugasa Research Organization since October 2009. Her father is Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito.

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Japanese Princess Akiko

KYOTO, Japan - Princess Akiko, a member of the Japanese Imperial Household, is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 17, 2011, ahead of her 30th birthday on Dec. 20. The princess, a researcher on Japanese art, has been working as a postdoctoral fellow at the university's Kinugasa Research Organization since October 2009. Her father is Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito.

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Egg-dropping contest in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A high school student drops an egg fitted with a paper protector in a contest at Ritsumeikan University in the city of Kyoto on Nov. 6, 2011. Numerous teams of students in the Kansai area took part in the egg-dropping event and were scored on the accuracy of the egg's landing, the weight of its paper protector and whether the egg was cracked or not.

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Obic blanks Ritsumeikan to win Rice Bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Obic Seagulls celebrate victory in the Rice Bowl match, the major American football title in Japan, at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 3, 2011, after beating Ritsumeikan University 24-0.

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Ultrasound sonic system

OTSU, Japan - Ritsumeikan University associate professor Takanobu Nishiura gives a briefing on a system developed by his team to use ultrasound loudspeakers to bounce music off the walls of a room at the university's campus in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Ritsumeikan downs Panasonic to win Rice Bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Ritsumeikan University's American football team celebrates it 17-13 victory over defending champion Panasonic Electric Works in winning its first Rice Bowl title in five years at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 3.

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Houses for raising bright children in the spotlight

KYOTO, Japan - Keisuke Fukaya, principal of the private Ritsumeikan Elementary School in Kyoto City, and his wife, who are raising three children, have built their new house designed to let all the family members feel each other's presence on March 16, 2008.

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Wen tours Kyoto - plays baseball at Ritsumeikan University

KYOTO, Japan - Wearing a Ritsumeikan baseball uniform with the number 35 to symbolize the 35th anniversary of the normalization of Japan-China diplomatic ties, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao throws a pitch playing baseball with students of Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto on April 13. Wen, the first Chinese leader to visit Japan in six and a half years, was on a day trip to Kyoto and Osaka on the last day of a three-day ''ice-melting'' visit to Japan.

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Wen tours Kyoto - chats with Ritsumeikan University students

KYOTO, Japan - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao poses with students of Ritsumeikan University during a visit to Kyoto on April 13. Wen, the first Chinese leader to visit Japan in six and a half years, was on a day trip to Kyoto and Osaka on the last day of a three-day ''ice-melting'' visit to Japan.

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Wen tours Kyoto - plays baseball at Ritsumeikan University

KYOTO, Japan - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao throws a pitch playing baseball with students at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, while on a day trip to Kyoto and Osaka on the last day of a three-day ''ice-melting'' visit to Japan. Wen is the first Chinese leader to visit Japan in six and a half years.

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Shizuka Shirakawa, Chinese-character scholar, dies at 96

KYOTO, Japan - Shizuka Shirakawa (file photo), a scholar best known for his studies of Chinese characters and classical Chinese literature, has died, Ritsumeikan University said Nov. 1. He was 96.

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New university opens in Beppu

BEPPU, Japan - Some 720 students from 28 countries and territories attend an entrance ceremony April 3 for the new Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Oita Prefecture. About 470 Japanese and 250 foreign students attended the ceremony conducted in Japanese and English. The university was established in the southwestern city of Beppu by Kyoto's Ritsumeikan University and the Oita prefectural government.

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5 Japanese players selected for NFL Europe league

TOKYO, Japan - Five Japanese players have been selected for the NFL Europe (NFLE) for the 2000 season after a series of tryouts held in Japan over the weekend, NFLE officials said. Posing for photographers, with two NFLE officials at the center, Dec. 6 are (from L to R) Onward Oaks quarterback Takayuki Sunaga, former Ritsumeikan defensive back Kohei Satomi, Kajima Deers wide receiver Masato Itai and Recruit Seagulls tight end Nachi Abe. A fifth player, Ritsumeikan University coach and linebacker Masafumi Kawaguchi is not in the photo.

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Ritsumeikan University wins Koshien Bowl title

Members of the Ritsumeikan Panthers celebrate their second national college championship crown in American football at the Koshien Stadium, Nishinomiya, in Hyogo Prefecture on Dec. 19. The Kyoto school defeated Tokyo's Hosei University 25-17 in the 53rd Koshien Bowl.

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Wen tours Kyoto - chats with Ritsumeikan University students

KYOTO, Japan - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao poses with students of Ritsumeikan University during a visit to Kyoto on April 13. Wen, the first Chinese leader to visit Japan in six and a half years, was on a day trip to Kyoto and Osaka on the last day of a three-day ''ice-melting'' visit to Japan. (Kyodo)

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Wen tours Kyoto - plays baseball at Ritsumeikan University

KYOTO, Japan - Wearing a Ritsumeikan baseball uniform with the number 35 to symbolize the 35th anniversary of the normalization of Japan-China diplomatic ties, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao throws a pitch playing baseball with students of Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto on April 13. Wen, the first Chinese leader to visit Japan in six and a half years, was on a day trip to Kyoto and Osaka on the last day of a three-day ''ice-melting'' visit to Japan. (Kyodo)

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Wen tours Kyoto - plays baseball at Ritsumeikan University

KYOTO, Japan - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao throws a pitch playing baseball with students at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, while on a day trip to Kyoto and Osaka on the last day of a three-day ''ice-melting'' visit to Japan. Wen is the first Chinese leader to visit Japan in six and a half years. (Kyodo)

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Ritsumeikan downs Panasonic to win Rice Bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Ritsumeikan University's American football team celebrates it 17-13 victory over defending champion Panasonic Electric Works in winning its first Rice Bowl title in five years at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 3. (Kyodo)

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New university opens in Beppu

BEPPU, Japan - Some 720 students from 28 countries and territories attend an entrance ceremony April 3 for the new Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Oita Prefecture. About 470 Japanese and 250 foreign students attended the ceremony conducted in Japanese and English. The university was established in the southwestern city of Beppu by Kyoto's Ritsumeikan University and the Oita prefectural government.

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Panasonic wins Rice Bowl in Tokyo

Taiji Koyama scores a last-minute touchdown as the Panasonic Impulse defeated the Ritsumeikan Panthers 22-19 in the Rice Bowl American football championship at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 3, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panasonic Impulse beat Fujitsu Frontiers

Players of Panasonic Impulse celebrate on Dec. 14, 2015, after beating Fujitsu Frontiers 24-21 to win the championship in the Japan X Bowl at Tokyo Dome. They will face off against the collegiate champion Ritsumeikan Panthers for the national title on Jan. 3, 2016, at Tokyo Dome. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Experts, gov't panel probe into handling of hostage crisis

Kunihiko Miyake (C), a visiting professor at Ritsumeikan University who joined a government panel meeting investigating Japan's response to a hostage crisis in Syria in which two Japanese civilians were killed by Islamic State militants, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 21, 2015, after the meeting. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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University, police to cooperate in cybercrime education in Kyoto

Ritsumeikan University and the Kyoto Prefectural Police Department announce an accord in Kyoto, western Japan, on Feb. 3, 2015, to cooperate in educating police officers on strategies for battling cybercrime. Professor Tetsutaro Uehara (far R) will lead the joint program. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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APU cafeteria becomes Japan's major halal-certified eatery

The cafeteria on the campus of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, serves Muslim friendly dishes as pictured on Nov. 4, 2015. It is one of the largest halal-certified eateries in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sakurai picked by Giants in NPB draft

Pitcher Toshiki Sakurai of Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, western Japan, is congratulated by his friends on Oct. 22, 2015, after the Central League's Yomiuri Giants secured the negotiating rights to him in Nippon Professional Baseball's amateur draft. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shizuka Shirakawa, Chinese-character scholar, dies at 96

KYOTO, Japan - Shizuka Shirakawa (file photo), a scholar best known for his studies of Chinese characters and classical Chinese literature, has died, Ritsumeikan University said Nov. 1. He was 96. (Kyodo)

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Ultrasound sonic system

OTSU, Japan - Ritsumeikan University associate professor Takanobu Nishiura gives a briefing on a system developed by his team to use ultrasound loudspeakers to bounce music off the walls of a room at the university's campus in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Sept. 9, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Session to discuss S. Korean film on 'comfort women' in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Makoto Katsumura, director of the Ritsumeikan Center for Korean Studies, speaks during a meeting at Hiroshima University in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Dec. 12, 2014, to discuss a South Korean documentary film on the issue of wartime "comfort women" with involvement of the Japanese military authorities at that time. (Kyodo)

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Indonesian president given honorary doctorate in Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Visiting Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono makes a speech in Kyoto, western Japan, on Sept. 29, 2014, after receiving an honorary doctorate from Ritsumeikan University in recognition of his efforts for peace. (Kyodo)

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Japanese univ. confers honorary degree on Indonesian leader

KYOTO, Japan - Ritsumeikan University President Kiyofumi Kawaguchi (L) confers an honorary doctorate on Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the university in Kyoto, western Japan, on Sept. 29, 2014, in recognition of his efforts for peace. (Kyodo)

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Students join job experience program in disaster-hit town

SENDAI, Japan - Marin Imai (extreme L) and other students of Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, western Japan, process seaweed at a fishery plant in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 29, 2014, during a job experience program designed to support the town's reconstruction from the earthquake and tsunami that ravaged the northeastern Japan region in 2011. (Kyodo)

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China, Japan universities co-found school in Dalian

DALIAN, China - Ritsumeikan University professor Eiji Okubo, the Japanese dean of DUT-RU International School of Information Science and Engineering co-founded by China's Dalian University of Technology and Ritsumeikan, speaks to new students in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China, on Sept. 9, 2014. This is the first such joint school by a Japanese university and an overseas university, according to Ritsumeikan. (Kyodo)

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Sneak shot-preventing LED light system developed

KYOTO, Japan - A university student holds a smartphone with a "Warning" sign on the screen in Kyoto, western Japan, on Sept. 3, 2014, in a demonstration of a sneak shot-preventing system based on LED lighting. A team at the Kyoto-based Ritsumeikan University developed the system, which is sensitive to changes in lighting levels and which automatically stops a smartphone's camera function. (Kyodo)

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Obic blanks Ritsumeikan to win Rice Bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Obic Seagulls celebrate victory in the Rice Bowl match, the major American football title in Japan, at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 3, 2011, after beating Ritsumeikan University 24-0. (Kyodo)

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Japanese Princess Akiko

KYOTO, Japan - Princess Akiko, a member of the Japanese Imperial Household, is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 17, 2011, ahead of her 30th birthday on Dec. 20. The princess, a researcher on Japanese art, has been working as a postdoctoral fellow at the university's Kinugasa Research Organization since October 2009. Her father is Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito. (Kyodo)

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Japanese Princess Akiko

KYOTO, Japan - Princess Akiko, a member of the Japanese Imperial Household, is interviewed by Kyodo News at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 17, 2011, ahead of her 30th birthday on Dec. 20. The princess, a researcher on Japanese art, has been working as a postdoctoral fellow at the university's Kinugasa Research Organization since October 2009. Her father is Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito. (Kyodo)