BREAKING NEWS: University of Tokyo selects female as next president for 1st time
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University of Tokyo Elects First Female President… Expected to Drive Reform and Internationalization
(Tokyo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Cho Seong-mi = Local media reported on the 29th that the University of Tokyo, considered Japan's top prestigious university, has elected its first female president.
[Yomiuri Shimbun] The University of Tokyo held its presidential election on the 28th, and Professor Yuko Fujigaki (64) of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences was elected as the next president. She will succeed President Teruo Fujii (62), and her term will be six years, starting from April 1st next year. She will be the first female president of the University of Tokyo. The next president of the University of Tokyo was decided by a vote of f…
Questions are being raised both inside and outside the University of Tokyo regarding the selection of its next president, which was announced on September 28, 2026. This is because Professor Yuko Fujigaki of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences was chosen, receiving only about half the votes of Vice President Takao Someya, who had secured a majority in a "favorite vote" by faculty and staff. Yoichi Ochiai, a media artist and associate profes…
Professor Yuko Fujigaki (64) of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences has been selected as the next president of the University of Tokyo. Professor Fujigaki graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tokyo in 1985 and has served as a director and vice president since 2021. This will be the first time a woman has served as president of the University of Tokyo since its founding, and at a press conference, Professor Fu…
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