On the facade of the main building and the library on the campus（Zempukuji, Suginami-ku）is engraved our motto: Quaecunque Sunt Vera　　"Whatsoever Things Are True"(Philippians 4:8). It is to the teaching of such truths that this University has long been dedicated.
Since the University's beginning, its goals have been the education of women in the liberal arts, the promotion of internationalism, and the advancement of Christian principles. In the early years of the century, when discrimination greatly limited the career opportunities of Japanese women, we were able to play a significant role in their higher education. Today, with women accepting ever greater responsibilities in society, the traditions of our University are continuously being strengthened and given new form to meet the needs of the　contemporary world.
The origin of our University was at the World Missionary Conference of 1910, held in Edinburgh, where the decision was made to establish a number of institutions of higher education for women in Asia. Through the years our school has received invaluable support, both financial and spiritual, from the seven founding Protestant denominations of North America. This association with the international Christian community has permitted us to form lasting ties throughout the world. The University has, in its history of over 90 years, established a nationwide reputation for its high levels of academic instruction and Christian leadership.
The University presently has 3,560 students in the School of Arts and Sciences, and over 100 students in the Graduate School.
While a significant portion of our students go on to graduate school, both with us and at other universities, and others enter the teaching　profession, the majority seek, and consistently find, employment in the commercial sector. They find work as, for example, researchers, translators, editors, secretaries, librarians, radio and television announcers, and computer programmers. Whatever their career goals, our graduates go out into the world with a sense of preparedness, responsibility, and dedication.
The University welcomes students from other countries. While the greater part of our curriculum is taught in Japanese, classes are small, and there are faculty and students able to speak more than one language. It is, therefore, possible for foreign students to become acclimated quickly to the intellectual life of the school. It has always been the aim of the University to animate its campus life with students from differing backgrounds and with differing attitudes. We believe that such variety can only enrich the experience of the entire University community. To this end we open our enrollment to intellectually curious women from abroad.

	The University's first president was Dr. Inazo Nitobe, one of modern Japan's most notable scholars, educators, statesmen and pacifists. Dr. Nitobe's oft-stated goal was to serve as "a Bridge across the Pacific," but in fact his illustrious career aimed at even wider international understanding and included duty as, for instance, Under-Secretary General of the League of Nations.
	Tetsu Yasui,　the second President
	A.K.Reischauer, one of the founders