The Tokyu Group is committed to contributing to local communities through support for its school corporations and foundations and to social activities in a variety of fields, including education, the environment, international exchange, and culture.
Tokyo City University Yokohama Campus
The Gotoh Educational Corporation is a school corporation established in June 1955 with Keita Gotoh, who laid the foundation for the Tokyu Group, as its first president.
Since its establishment, the university has been committed to the goal of “developing talented individuals who can play an active role in the international community with a sound mind and a rich culture, who can acquire an international perspective and the ability to utilize information, and to build an educational system that is always attractive in order to contribute to society at large.”
Today, the Tokyo City University Group includes schools from kindergarten to university, as well as the Tokyu Driving School, with approximately 12,000* students, pupils, and preschoolers enrolled. In the future, we will continue to further strengthen cooperation among schools and develop a full range of education and research activities from early childhood education to higher education, based on the educational philosophy of “cultivating a sound mind and a rich culture by harnessing the comprehensive power of the school, and fostering human resources with an eye on the future.”
Asia University Campus
It was established with the goal of contributing to the international community, especially in Asia. With a variety of study abroad programs and a well-developed support system for extracurricular activities, we respect the individuality of each student and nurture human resources who can contribute to the development of international society, especially in Asia, through education that responds to the needs of society. We also actively accept international students from China, Vietnam, Thailand, and other Asian countries, and the total number of current students, including about 300 international students, is about 6,300.
In addition, Asia University returns its resources and research results to society and fosters students’ problem-solving and action skills through volunteer and social contribution activities. We are also working on new town development and community building in cooperation with local governments. The school is also characterized by its thriving sports scene. Many organizations boast a long and successful history, such as the baseball team, which has produced many professional baseball players, and the track and field team, which has won the Hakone Ekiden. Of these, the hardball team has won the Tohto League championship 26 times. As of 2021, 20 of our graduates were active professional baseball players, including SoftBank infielder Nobuhiro Matsuda and DeNA pitcher Yasuaki Yamasaki.
The Tokyu Foundation was established on April 1, 2019 through the merger of the Tokyu Foundation for Better Environment, the Tokyu Foundation for Foreign Students, and the Gotoh Memorial Foundation.
In the Tama River, which runs through our business area, and its watershed, we conduct surveys and research on environmental cleanup and conservation and provide assistance, as well as cooperation with the government and public relations activities. A total of 1.53 billion yen had been granted to 1,309 research projects by FY 2021. In 2009, the Foundation established the Tokyu Foundation Social Contribution in Academia Award (now the Tokyu Foundation for Better Environment Social Contribution in Academia Award) to contribute to the promotion of academia in Japan, and it annually awards researchers who have made outstanding achievements in the environmental field.
We also publish a bulletin introducing the history and events of the Tama River basin and distribute environmental supplementary reading book for elementary schools in the Tama River basin every year.
Environmental supplementary reading book for elementary schools.
“Welcome to the Tama River.”
Environmental education using "Welcome to the Tama River"
Orientation for new international students
With the objective of “fostering human resources with an international outlook, promoting international cultural exchange between Japan and other countries, and establishing truly friendly and good-neighborly relations,” advocated by President Noboru Gotoh, the Foundation provides scholarships and assistance to international students from countries in the Asia-Pacific region who are studying and researching at graduate schools in Japan.
In the 45 years since the program began, we have recruited approximately 20 new international students each year, and by FY 2021, we had supported 947 international students from 28 countries, with a total scholarship amount of 2.82 billion yen. The number of D. students is about 300, and our graduates are active in their home countries, Japan, and other countries.
Carrying forward the dying wish of the late Chairman Noboru Gotoh to “contribute to the realization of a truly affluent society through the discovery and development of outstanding human resources,” the Foundation contributes to the improvement and development of culture in Japan and around the world by honoring talented newcomers in the field of arts and culture and those who are engaged in creative and outstanding artistic and cultural activities in their local communities, as well as by subsidizing their study overseas.
As part of the Gotoh Memorial Cultural Prize, the Art Newcomer Prize was awarded to a young art creator, and the Opera Newcomer Prize was awarded to a young opera singer and opera staff. We also subsidize opera performances, and by FY 2021, we had honored and subsidized 77 people in the opera division, 63 people in the art division, 118 presentations of training results, and 141 subsidized opera performances, for a total of 1.35 billion yen.
In addition to providing support for overseas training expenses, we subsidize the holding of solo exhibitions and recitals for the winners of the New Artist Award to present the results of their training. This award has become known as a gateway to success for young artists because of the Foundation’s stance of supporting the activities of the award winners and respecting their autonomy, and because many of the past winners have been active on the world stage and attracted attention.
The 1st Gotoh Memorial Cultural Prize for Newcomers to Opera,
Ken Nishikiori Recital to announce the results of his training
The 24th Gotoh Memorial Cultural Prize for Newcomers to Opera,
Michiko Takeda Recital to present the Results of the Training
The 28th Gotoh Memorial Cultural Prize for Newcomers to Art,
Natsuko Tanihara Solo Exhibition to present the Results of the Training
The Gotoh Museum
The Gotoh Museum is the result of a merger in March 2011 between the Gotoh Museum. It opened in 1960 and was based on the Japanese and Oriental antiques collected during his lifetime by Keita Gotoh, who laid the foundation for the Tokyu Group, and the Dai-tokyu Memorial Library, which was established in 1949 to commemorate the separation and reorganization of the then Tokyu Railways (now Tokyu Corporation) into the current Tokyu, Odakyu, Keio, Keikyu, and Tokyu Department Stores. In April 2012, the museum became a public interest incorporated foundation, and in 2020, it celebrated its 60th anniversary.
The museum houses approximately 5,000 works of art, including five national treasures and 50 important cultural properties, spanning a wide range of fields such as paintings, calligraphy, tea ceremony utensils, ceramics, ancient mirrors, swords, and stationery, including the national treasures “The Tale of Genji” and “Murasaki Shikibu Nikki Emaki.”
The library houses approximately 25,000 volumes of classical books (pre-Edo period manuscripts and printed books), including three national treasures and 33 important cultural properties, such as “ Historical Records (Shiki)” and “Enkyo Edition of The Tale of the Heike,” and conducts projects such as browsing for researchers and publishing journals and academic books.
While protecting and passing on valuable cultural assets to the next generation, the museum holds seven exhibitions a year (including one or two special exhibitions) to display and exhibit its collection and also focuses on dissemination activities through gallery talks by curators and art lectures.
In addition, guests can enjoy the flowers and plants of the four seasons in the rich natural environment of the garden.