The invasion of Ukraine and increased Chinese pressure on Taiwan have prompted Japan to abandon decades of pacifism.
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Sendai Shirayuri Women’s College
Sendai Shirayuri Women’s College was originally established as a women’s school (Sendai Joggakkou) in 1893 by the Convent of St Paul of Chartres (SPC). The school received official recognition in 1907. In 1966, the school was chartered as Sendai Shirayuri Junior College and in 1996, reorganized as a four college with its current name. Sendai Shirayuri Women’s College has 51 teaching faculty, 918 students, and is located in Sendai in northern Japan.
The Convent of St Paul of Chartres – founded in France in 1696 and currently headquartered in Rome – has a long history in Japan, starting with a convent in Hokkaido (1878) and women’s schools in Tokyo (1881). The convent’s commitment to women’s education is evident in the number of Shirayuri affiliated Catholic mission schools throughout Japan providing preschool through graduate-level education.
Realising “human understanding and support” is the educational ideal of Sendai Shirayuri Women’s College. The college’s Faculty of Human Sciences has four departments: Psychology and Social Work; Human Developmental Science; Health and Nutrition; and Global studies. Students at Sendai Shirayuri Women’s college are encouraged inside and outside of the classroom to develop interdisciplinary knowledge, mutual understanding and self-realisation. These abilities are necessary to address the complex challenges facing society and local and global levels.
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