Tenri University
In 1949, Tenri University was instituted as a four-year college. At its founding the university only had one faculty, the Faculty of Humanities. In 1959, faculties in Foreign Language and Physical Education were added. By the 1970s, the university had developed a strong reputation in Japan for foreign language study and judo. In 1992, the university was reorganized into the four faculties that remain today – Human Studies, Letters, International Studies, and Health/Sports Studies.