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The Gakushuin (学習院) or formerly Peers School (now incorporated as the Gakushuin School Corporation) is an educational institution in Tokyo established in 1877, during the Meiji era, for the education of the children of the Japanese aristocracy, though it eventually also opened its doors to the offspring of extremely wealthy commoners. Famous alumni include the late Showa Emperor Hirohito, the currently reigning emperor Akihito, the deceased author Yukio Mishima, and John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono.

Comparable to the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin, the Gakushuin used to also be a special dietary constituency (cf university constituency) of the House of Peers.

After World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough, Gakushuin became a private institution and established new educational affiliates, the most important of which is Gakushuin University .

External links

Official site: Japanese English



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