Kenkoku University

Kenkoku University, or Jianguo in Chinese (traditional Chinese: 建國大學; Japanese: 建国大学; "National Foundation University" or "Nation-Building University"), was a short-lived university in Hsinking (modern Changchun, Jilin province), the capital of Manchukuo, the Japanese puppet state in occupied Manchuria during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Kenkoku University

The university was founded in 1938 by General Kanji Ishiwara, and was run by Professor Shoichi Sakuda of Kyoto University.[1] Its purpose was to promote "ethnic harmony" in the region, legitimising and promoting the Japanese occupation.[2] To this end, students were recruited from Japan, China proper, Mongolia, Taiwan, Manchuria, Korea and Russia.[3] As well as offering free tuition, the University also provided its students with board and lodgings, and a stipend.[4]

The university closed in 1945 when the Kwantung Army were beaten by Soviet red army.[1]

Students of Kenkoku University

A number of influential aikido practitioners trained and taught at the University, including aikido's founder Morihei Ueshiba,[5] Kenji Tomiki, Shigenobu Okumura and Noriaki Inoue.[6]

Multiple students of Kenkoku University later became prominent political figures in South Korea—including later South Korean prime minister Kang Young-hoon—, North Korea and China.[7]

References
  1. Kevin Doak (2007). A History of Nationalism in Modern Japan: Placing the People. BRILL. p. 241. ISBN 978-90-04-15598-5.
  2. David H. Price (19 May 2008). Anthropological Intelligence: The Deployment and Neglect of American Anthropology in the Second World War. Duke University Press. pp. 69–70. ISBN 978-0-8223-8912-5.
  3. Hiruma Kishida, Yuka (2019). Kenkoku University and the Experience of Pan-Asianism. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781350057869.
  4. Tatsuhiko, Yoshizawa. "The Manchurian Incident, the League of Nations and the Origins of the Pacific War. What the Geneva archives reveal". Japan Focus. Asia-Pacific Journal. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  5. Stevens, John (1999). Invincible Warrior: A Pictorial Biography of Morihe Ueshiba, the Founder of Aikido. Boston, London: Shambhala. p. 63. ISBN 9781570623943.
  6. Pranin, Stanley. "Interview with Shigenobu Tomura". Aiki Journal. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  7. Leung, Ernest Ming-tak (2021-08-20). "The School That Built Asia". Palladium. Retrieved 2021-10-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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