Kobe College of Liberal Arts
History. The college was founded in 1967 as Akashi Women's Junior College () with the Department of Clothing Science. It became coeducational in 1969 and was renamed Akashi Junior College () . In 1970 it added the departments of Design and Liberal Arts. After the Michiyo Okabe (岡部 三千代 "Okabe Michiyo", 18-year-old Akashi Junior College girl) nude murder case, it was renamed Kobe College of Liberal Arts in 1990. In 2008 the college was merged into Kobe University of Fashion and Design and renamed Kobe College of Fashion and Design (). Kobe College of Liberal Arts