President of Bunkyo University
Toshie MIYATAKE
（宮武 利江）
Bunkyo University was originally founded in 1966 as Rissho Women's University, and in 1977 it became a co-educational institution. In addition to the Koshigaya Campus in Saitama Prefecture and the Shonan Campus in Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, the Tokyo Adachi Campus was opened in 2021, bringing the total number of campuses to three, with seven faculties, five graduate schools, a Special Postgraduate Course, and a Foreign Student Department for international students.
The founding spirit of Bunkyo University is based on “EMPATHY FOR ALL HUMANITY”. This encompasses believing in and respecting all people, and fostering a warm and compassionate mindset towards others, and it also overlaps with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) each other and can thrive, which are a global issue that our university is also working to address, and which aim to “create a world where all countries and people work together to protect the dignity and equality of all people, and a world that is tolerant and accepts everyone”. Based on this spirit, which is indispensable for human life, we aim to be an inclusive university where everyone involved respects and accepts each other and can thrive.
By fostering people who are needed by society while working to promote diversity and inclusion, we hope to evolve and enhance the strength that Bunkyo University has gained up to now of developing students into capable individuals, so that they can adapt to the rapidly changing, increasingly diverse values of modern society. Furthermore, in order to support students in realizing their life goals, the university operates with a "students first" philosophy that prioritizes creating an environment where all students, faculty, and staff members can work together to support the students’ education.
“Bunkyo” means ‘education and learning’ in Japanese, and now that the Tokyo Adachi Campus has been established, we will continue to focus on various activities to deepen cooperation between the campuses while taking advantage of the benefits of spanning the three prefectures of Saitama, Tokyo and Kanagawa, and further develop exchanges with each region, so that we can be recognized as a “regional educational institution”.
I hope that all of our students will make the most of the opportunities available to them at Bunkyo University. It is a place where you can encounter both academics and people, as well as a place where you can amass a wealth of experience without fear of failure. I believe that there will be times when you will be filled with excitement, and other times when you will be under a lot of pressure, but I hope that you will always remember to take the initiative and not just sit back and let things pass you by. I hope that you will actively face things you have never known before, develop a new version of yourself, and spread your wings in society.
Born in Saitama Prefecture in September 1963. Graduated from the College of Humanities at the University of Tsukuba, and completed the Doctoral Program in Literature and Linguistics, University of Tsukuba (Master of Arts). After working as a lecturer and assistant professor at Tokyo Seitoku College, took up a position at Bunkyo University, where has been a professor since 2012. Served as Chairperson of the Academic Affairs Committee, Dean of the Faculty of Language and Literature and Director of the University Library.
Area of expertise is Japanese linguistics (Japanese history), and major publications include “Honoka and its Synonyms: With a Focus on Examples from the Tale of Genji” (in “Essays in Honor of Professor Muneaki Morino's Retirement”, 1994), “Onomatopoeia as a ‘Metaphor’ (Part 2): From a Diachronic Perspective” (in “Bulletin of Tokyo Seitoku College”, No. 30, 1997), "Metaphors and Expressions of Emotion" (Meiji Shoin, "Japanese Linguistics" Vol. 22, No. 1, 2003), "The Basic Meaning of Ajikinashi", (Bunkyo University, Bulletin of the Faculty of Language and Literature, Vol. 20, No. 1, 2006), “On the Usage of the Old Japanese Word 'Toku' and the Modern Japanese Word 'Eru' - Solving the Discomfort of 'Tsumi wo Eru'" (Peking University "Japanese Language and Culture Research" No. 11, 2017), among others.
Hobbies include mountain climbing, skiing, driving, watching motorsports, traveling, and wine.
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