the Kansai region, and according to the 2016 university rankings by Toyo Keizai, 351 alumni served as executives in listed companies. As of 2019, around 19.6% of undergraduates were able to enter one of the top 400 companies in Japan. Organization Faculties and Undergraduate Degrees Law Letters Economics Commerce Sociology Informatics Engineering Environmental and Urban Engineering Engineering Science Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering Policy Studies MBA (Accounting only) Language teaching Psychology Institute of Foreign Language Education and Research Institute of Oriental and Occidental Studies Institute of Economic and Political Studies Organization of Research and Development of Innovative Science and Technology Institute of Legal Studies Institute of Human Rights Studies Graduate Schools Law Letters Economics Business and Commerce Sociology Informatics Science and Engineering Foreign Language Education and Research Psychology Societal Safety Sciences East Asian Cultures Governance Health and Well-being Notable people Law, Politicians Akira Nishino - Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry. Canaan Banana - President of Zimbabwe. Ken Harada - Minister of Economic Planning. Kansei Nakano - Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission. Kimihiro Uomoto - A hijacker of Japan Airlines Flight 351. Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (B.A. 1960) - Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Tatsuo Yada (B.A. 1971) - Mayor of Kobe. Tomokatsu Kitagawa (B.A. 1974) Kiyoshige Maekawa(B.A. 1985) Takae Itō (B.A. 1991) Tomohiro Yamamoto (B.A. 1998) Yoshiyuki Arai Authors Hideji Hōjō - Novelist and playwright. Kanako Nishi (B.A. 2000) - Novelist. Naoki Prize winner. Syougo Imamura - Novelist. Naoki Prize winner. Kim Sok-pom - Novelist. Takeshi Kimura - Novelist and playwright. Business Fumio Ōtsubo (B.A.1971) - Chairman of the Board of Panasonic Co., Ltd. Kagemasa Kōzuki (B.A.1966) - President & CEO of Konami Co., Ltd. Kinuji Kobayashi (B.A.1909) - Manager of a New York branch office of South Manchuria Railway. Kenichi Fujita (B.A.1983) - President & CEO of Siemens Japan Co., Ltd. Manji Miyoshi (B.A.1915) - President of Kintetsu Railway. Soroya Sakamoto (B.A.1893) - Founder of Bank of Taiwan. Sakata Gengo - President of Yomiuri Shimbun Osaka Office. Syukuo Ishikawa(B.A.1978) - Bandai Namco HoldingsInc. Shoji Ikawa - Executive Vice President of Toyota Motor Corporation. Teizaburo Nishi (B.A.1953) - Vice President of The Sumitomo Bank. Tamio Yoshimatsu (B.A.1969) - President & CEO of Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Co., Ltd. Takeshi Gotō - Vice Chairman of IBM Japan, Ltd.. Yoshio Nishimura (B.A.1960) - Director, TV Asahi Co., Ltd./President & CEO, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation., Ltd. Yasutami Yamada (Dropout) - Founder of