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BOJ introduces 2nd female Policy Board member

Junko Koeda, a new member of the Bank of Japan Policy Board, attends an introductory press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on March 26, 2025. The former economics professor at Waseda University became the nine-person board's second female member.

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BOJ introduces 2nd female Policy Board member

Junko Koeda, a new member of the Bank of Japan Policy Board, attends an introductory press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on March 26, 2025. The former economics professor at Waseda University became the nine-person board's second female member.

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BOJ introduces 2nd female Policy Board member

Junko Koeda, a new member of the Bank of Japan Policy Board, attends an introductory press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on March 26, 2025. The former economics professor at Waseda University became the nine-person board's second female member.

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Exam questions leak via smart glasses

Photo taken on May 15, 2024, shows a Waseda University campus in Tokyo. An 18-year-old man took photos of the private school's entrance examination questions and leaked them during an exam held in February, allegedly using smart glasses and a communications device, investigative sources said on May 15.

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Toyota, Sony, Panasonic heads

(from L) Toyota Motor Corp. President Koji Sato, Sony Group Corp. CEO Hiroki Totoki and Panasonic Holdings Corp. President Masahiro Shinada attend an innovation forum at Tokyo's Waseda University -- their alma mater -- on Nov. 10, 2023.

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Experts share new achievements in Turfan studies

STORY: Experts share new achievements in Turfan studies DATELINE: Aug. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:25 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the archaeological sites 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ERICA HUNTER, Scholar, University of Cambridge 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XIA LIDONG, Researcher 4. various of scholars 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): NOBUYOSHI YAMABE, Professor at Waseda University STORYLINE: Over 100 scholars from China and abroad gathered in Turpan, a city in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, to attend a conference on the inheritance and development of Turfan studies from Monday to Wednesday. Turfan studies is a very important branch of Silk Road studies. It is also a window to understand the diversity and integration of different civilizations in Turpan, also known as Turfan. Experts shared their latest findings and visited archaeological sites. Among the relics they visited was the Xipang Jingjiao monastery relics site. Texts including Buddhist and Taoist

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Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during an event at his alma mater, Waseda University, in Tokyo on June 18, 2023.

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Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) sings Waseda University's school anthem during a speaking event at his alma mater in Tokyo on June 18, 2023.

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Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sings Waseda University's school anthem during a speaking event at his alma mater in Tokyo on June 18, 2023.

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Ex-Taipei Mayor Ko in Tokyo

Former Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je delivers a lecture at Waseda University in Tokyo on June 5, 2023.

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37 pct of population displaced from Japan's Fukushima may have PTSD: survey

STORY: 37 pct of population displaced from Japan's Fukushima may have PTSD: survey DATELINE: April 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:38 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Fukushima 2. various of local fishermen STORYLINE: A survey of Fukushima Prefecture residents who evacuated to areas outside the prefecture following the March 2011 nuclear disaster found that nearly 40 percent of respondents may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), local media reported Monday. Waseda University and a citizens group sent questionnaires to 5,350 households mainly in the Kanto region around Tokyo who had fled from Fukushima following the nuclear disaster, and obtained responses from 516. The results indicated that 37.0 percent of the evacuees had PTSD. Behind the high rate are long-term stress factors, including memories of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, drastic changes in living environments and problems resulting from the government's p

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Universities, Tokyo 2020 partnered

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori gives an address at the signing ceremony of a partnership with Japanese universities at Waseda University in Tokyo, on June 23, 2014.

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Universities, Tokyo 2020 partnered

TOKYO, Japan - Executives of Tokyo 2020, the organizing committee for 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, pose for photos at Waseda University in Tokyo on June 23, 2014, after signing a partnership arrangement with 552 universities from every prefecture in Japan to promote Olympic values.

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Yasuo Hasebe

Yasuo Hasebe, legal scholar, professor at Waseda University Faculty of Law (photo taken on June 15, 2015)

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Harada becomes new BOJ Policy Board member

TOKYO, March 26 Kyodo - Yutaka Harada, a former Waseda University economics professor, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 26, 2015, after the government appointed him as a new member of the Bank of Japan's Policy Board.

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Expert discusses Tanizaki's unreleased letters

TOKYO, Japan - Waseda University professor Shunji Chiba speaks in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2014, about unreleased letters exchanged among renowned Japanese author Junichiro Tanizaki (1886-1965), his wife Matsuko and her sister Shigeko. The letters will be included in a collection of letters to be published in January 2015 to mark the 50th anniversary of Tanizaki's death.

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Nippon Ham head gets winning lot in pro baseball draft

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Ham Fighters President Toshikazu Tsuda (3rd from L) raises his hand after the team's lottery winning of Waseda University pitcher Kohei Arihara during the first round of the annual Japanese professional baseball draft in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2014.

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Waseda to strip Obokata of doctorate unless dissertation corrected

OSAKA, Japan - Hideo Miki, a lawyer for Haruko Obokata, a 31-year-old researcher at the Japanese government-affiliated Riken institute, meets the press in the city of Osaka on Oct. 7, 2014, after Waseda University said it will strip Obokata of her doctorate unless she corrects her dissertation.

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Waseda to strip Obokata of doctorate unless dissertation corrected

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Haruko Obokata, a 31-year-old researcher at the Japanese government-affiliated Riken institute. Waseda University said Oct. 7, 2014, it will strip Obokata of her doctorate unless she corrects her dissertation, following her involvement in a scandal earlier in the year related to research on so-called STAP cells. Citing a serious fault in the dissertation screening process, the university gave Obokata a year to correct a number of irregularities including the use of material from a U.S. website.

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H.K. students gather at Waseda Univ. to give support

TOKYO, Japan - Some 100 people, including many students from Hong Kong, gather outside Waseda University's Okuma Auditorium in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2014, in support of Hong Kong's prodemocracy protesters.

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Waseda panel says Obokata's doctorate should stay despite scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Hideaki Kobayashi, who heads an investigative panel of Waseda University, tells reporters at a Tokyo hotel on July 17, 2014, that embattled researcher Haruko Obokata should not be stripped of her doctorate, as it was not obtained "through illicit means" and inadequate screening was to blame for endorsement of her "problematic" dissertation.

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Professor merges East, West in new theatrical style

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken in Nagoya on Feb. 2, 2014, shows Masaru Sekine, a professor at Waseda University's Faculty of International Research and Education who is pursuing an experimental project that fuses European opera with Kyogen Japanese comic theater.

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Saudi crown prince in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (R) receives a bouquet from a robot at Waseda University in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2014. The Japanese university honored the crown prince with an honorary doctorate in law the same day.

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Saudi crown prince in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (R) receives a bouquet from a robot at Waseda University in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2014. The Japanese university honored the crown prince with an honorary doctorate in law the same day.

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Saudi crown prince in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud delivers a speech at Waseda University in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2014. The Japanese university honored the crown prince with an honorary doctorate in law the same day.

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Walking for survey of post-disaster park reconstruction

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Shunsuke Goto, a Waseda University student, looks at the mouth of the Kitakami River in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 25, 2013, during a field survey commissioned by the Environment Ministry to choose a 700-kilometer natural path called "Tohoku Kaigan Trail." The selection of the coastal path from Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, to Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, is a core project for a Sanriku Fukko (Reconstruction) National Park to be created by rebuilding natural parks damaged by the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011.

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Yankees' Granderson in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - New York Yankees outfielder Curtis Granderson speaks on social contributions at Waseda University in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2012.

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Women today enjoy reading maps

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Hanae Watanabe, a Waseda University student majoring in geography and history, shows her favorite books on maps and graphics of the world during a symposium hosted by the Japan Cartographers Association on June 23, 2012 in Yokohama.

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Noda stresses need to take part in TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks at Waseda University, his alma mater, in Tokyo on July 22, 2012. Noda stressed the need for Japan to take part in Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks.

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2nd Khufu ship excavation in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt - Sakuji Yoshimura, professor emeritus at Waseda University, speaks to a reporter at the site of the excavation of a second ''Khufu ship'' in Giza near Cairo, Egypt, on Feb. 20, 2012. The ship is believed to be a funerary vessel for the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu (2589 B.C.-2566 B.C.). The first Khufu ship was found in 1954.

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Waseda wins Hakone ekiden race, 1st in 18 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Nakashima of Waseda University crosses the finish line to win the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay in Tokyo's Otemachi on Jan. 3, 2011. The university captured its first title in 18 years at the traditional two-day New Year race.

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Waseda wins Hakone ekiden race, 1st in 18 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Nakashima of Waseda University declares victory before crossing the finish line to win the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay in Tokyo's Otemachi on Jan. 3, 2011. The university captured its first title in 18 years at the traditional two-day New Year race.

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Saito joins Nippon Ham

TOKYO, Japan - Yuki Saito, the No. 1 draft pick of the Nippon Ham Fighters, shows the number 18 that the professional baseball club has given to the rookie at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2010. Saito, a star pitcher at Waseda University, signed with the club the same day.

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3 star pitchers of Waseda University

TOKYO, Japan - Waseda University manager Atsuyoshi Otake (2nd from L) poses with pitchers Yuki Saito (L), Tatsuya Oishi and Yuya Fukui (R) at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2010, after the pitchers played their last game before joining professional clubs. Waseda became the first amateur baseball team from which three pitchers were selected as the No. 1 picks in the professional draft.

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Oishi, Seibu Lions' draft No. 1 pick

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuya Oishi, a pitcher of Waseda University and the draft No. 1 pick of the Seibu Lions professional club, throws against Tokai University in the final of a university baseball tournament at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2010.

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Saito, Nippon Ham Fighters' draft No. 1 pick

TOKYO, Japan - Yuki Saito, a pitcher of Waseda University and the draft No. 1 pick of the Nippon Ham Fighters professional club, throws against Tokai University in the final of a university baseball tournament at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2010.

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Waseda wins university baseball tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Ace pitcher Yuki Saito and other baseball players of Waseda University celebrate their victory in a university baseball tournament at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2010, beating Tokai University 2-1.

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Fukui, Hiroshima Carp's draft No. 1 pick

TOKYO, Japan - Yuya Fukui, a pitcher of Waseda University and the draft No. 1 pick of the Hiroshima Carp professional club, starts against Tokai University in the final of a university baseball tournament at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2010.

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Waseda University pitchers

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Waseda University pitchers Yuki Saito, Yuya Fukui and Tatsuya Oishi pose for photos with trophies on Nov. 3, 2010, at the Jingu Baseball Stadium in Tokyo, after defeating Keio University in a Tokyo Big6 Baseball League game to win the league title. The three have been selected by three professional baseball teams in the first round of the amateur draft.

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Waseda University pitcher Oishi

TOKYO, Japan - Waseda University right-hander Tatsuya Oishi throws against Keio University in a Tokyo Big6 Baseball League game at the Jingu Baseball Stadium in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2010. Waseda won the title. The Seibu Lions have won the rights to negotiate a contract with Oishi in the first round of bids in the Japanese baseball draft.

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Waseda Univ. Saito marks 30th win in Tokyo league

TOKYO, Japan - Yuki Saito, an ace of Waseda University, starts against the University of Tokyo during a Tokyo Big6 Baseball League game at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2010. Saito, likely to be picked in the Japanese professional draft, earned his 30th win in the popular inter-university league the same day.

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U.N. chief lectures on nuke-free world at Waseda Univ.

TOKYO, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon delivers a lecture at Waseda University in Tokyo on Aug. 4, 2010. Ban said he believes realizing a world free of nuclear weapons is ''not an impossible dream.''

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U.N. chief lectures on nuke-free world at Waseda Univ.

TOKYO, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon delivers a lecture at Waseda University in Tokyo on Aug. 4, 2010. Ban said he believes realizing a world free of nuclear weapons is ''not an impossible dream.''

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Existing plan on Futemma is 'best option': Roos

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos gives a speech at Waseda University in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2010. Roos reiterated that moving a U.S. Marine airfield within Okinawa Prefecture as agreed under a 2006 bilateral deal is the ''best option.''

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Waseda's Saito pitches against pros

TOKYO, Japan - Yuki Saito, star pitcher of Waseda University, watches a single to left he gave up to Yomiuri Giants shortstop Hayato Sakamoto in the first inning of a game between a university all-star team and a select team of professionals at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 22, 2009.

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Waseda's Saito pitches against pros

TOKYO, Japan - Yuki Saito, star pitcher of Waseda University, throws the game as starter of a university all-star team against a select team of professionals at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 22, 2009. Saito gave up one run and two hits in one inning as the teams played to a 1-1 tie.

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Saito pitches vs U.S. in collegiate All-Star series

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Waseda University right-hander Yuki Saito throws against the U.S. team during the last game of the collegiate All-Star series at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Ju1y 16.

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Saito pitches vs U.S. in collegiate All-Star series

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Waseda University right-hander Yuki Saito throws against the U.S. team during the last game of the collegiate All-Star series at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Ju1y 16.

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Retired major league pitcher Kuwata enrolls as graduate student

TOKYO, Japan - Retired right-hander Masumi Kuwata puts on a student cap after attending a commencement ceremony April 2 for Waseda University's graduate school, where he will begin studying. Kuwata pitched as a member of Japan's Yomiuri Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the U.S. major leagues.

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Retired major league pitcher Kuwata enrolls as graduate student

TOKYO, Japan - Retired right-hander Masumi Kuwata (C) smiles before a commencement ceremony for Waseda University's graduate school, where he will begin studying, in Tokyo on April 2. Kukwata pitched as a member of Japan's Yomiuri Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the U.S. major leagues.