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1953 |
Tennoji Preparatory School,
Kansai College’s sister school was established |
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1967 |
Tennoji English Academy, the forerunner of Kansai College, was established |
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1969 |
Those two schools were intergraded into the Tennoji Academy Group |
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1971 |
A new campus was built |
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1976 |
Tennoji English Academy was authorized as a vocational college by the government of Osaka prefecture |
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1987 |
The school was renamed to Tennoji Academy of Business and Languages |
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1989 |
Tennoji Academy established the Dept of Japanese Studies for international students in Kansai College and started to accept international students who wants to study Japanese
Tennoji Academy established Kansai International High School
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1994 |
The school was renamed to Kansai College of Business and Languages and International Students Center was established
President Akira Hayahara was awarded the Medal with a Blue Ribbon by the Emperor of Japan for his activities of training 'World Citizens' |
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1995 |
Fujiidera International House was opened |
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1996 |
The Ministry of Education designated the Dept. of Japanese Studies for the School of Highly Advanced Education Research Programs because of producing own text books |
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1997 |
Over 100 international students enrolled in the Dept. of Japanese Studies |
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1998 |
Over 200 international students enrolled in the Dept. of Japanese Studies |
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1999 |
New campus was built,
and over 300 international students enrolled in the Dept. of Japanese Studies |
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2000 |
Over 400 international students enrolled in the Dept. of Japanese Studies
(The school became the largest full time Japanese language institute in Japan)
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2001 |
Original textbook, "Enjoyable Learning Beginner's Japanese Vol.1" and "Enjoyable Learning Advanced Japanese" were published |
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2003 |
Guest teacher program Australia' was entrusted by the government of Osaka prefecture to provide trainings to the Australian teachers for teaching Japanese
The Dept. of Japanese Studies was moved to Annex building |