The Status of Ritsumeikan Keisho Junior High School and Ritsumeikan Keisho Senior High School:

Friday, September 7, 11:00am:

● Classes will be resumed on Monday, September 10. Students to remain at home until Sunday, September 9
● The electricity outage on school grounds has been resolved, with electricity and water supplies resumed
● The school homepage is accessible, and information updates have been resumed

Translated message from Ritsumeikan Keisho Junior High School and Ritsumeikan Keisho Senior High School homepage:

We would like to express our most heartfelt sympathy to anyone affected in any way by the earthquake centered in the region of the Iburi District, Hokkkaido.

If any of our students or their family members has suffered serious injury or damage, or indeed if anyone has any information relating to this, please contact the school immediately.

To speak to a school representative: 011-381-8888


Thursday, September 6, 10:00am:

● Currently all classes have been cancelled and we are in the process of checking the safety of students, teachers and members of staff
● An initial visual inspection of buildings and facilities has revealed no major damage, however more detailed checks are taking place
● School buildings have no electricity supply and we are having difficulties in establishing phone contact

Thursday, September 6:

To all those affected by the earthquake in Hokkaido:

We would like to express our most heartfelt sympathy to anyone affected in any way by the earthquake of September 6, centered in the region of the Iburi District, Hokkkaido.

Currently, with a view to grasping the extent of damage, we are in the process of gathering information regarding how the earthquake has affected those associated with the Academy, beginning with students and parents.

The Academy set up the ‘Office for the Support of Post-Disaster Recovery’ in the aftermath of the Tohoku earthquake and is implementing a wide range of support for those affected by the continuing occurrence of natural disasters. With this in mind, following this earthquake in Hokkaido, we are fully committed to providing as much support as possible.

Tomomi Morishima, Chairman of the Board of Trustees The Ritsumeikan Trust
Mikio Yoshida, Chancellor of The Ritsumeikan Trust.