An Encouragement of "Fukuzawa Yukichi" Shinichi Kitaoka & Kohei Itoh (Keio University President)

Join us as Dr. Shinichi Kitaoka delves into Yukichi Fukuzawa’s ideologies and why he respects Keio’s founder more than anyone else. How similar was the Meiji Period to modern times, and what is the right path forward for Japan as its systems continue evolving? In this one-on-one interview, Dr. Shinichi Kitaoka invokes the spirit of dokuritsu jison (independence and self-respect), a concept coined and popularized by Fukuzawa in the Meiji Period, to impart a message to the next generation.