The Center for American Studies is established at Doshisha University. Harvard Yenching Institute begins providing a scholarship for the study of Christianity and its relation to social problems since the Meiji Period. The Olympic Games are held in Tokyo, Japan. Osaka World Exposition is held. The Associated Kyoto Program is established.
Japan establishes diplomatic relations with The People's Republic of China.
1973 New university library is completed. A celebration is held on the centennial of Doshisha's founding. A summer program at Amherst College is inaugurated. The Tanabe Campus is opened. A celemony marking the 100th anniversary of Neesima's death is held.