London, and Harvard University. Accreditation Accreditation actions had been taken at the American Academy for Liberal Education Board of Trustees Meeting at November 2005. International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan – granted Programmatic Accreditation, through November 2015 ICU's academic programs of the College of Liberal Arts and the Graduate School are individually chartered by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). ICU has also received accreditation from the Japan University Accreditation Association (JUAA). Academic rankings There are several rankings related to ICU, shown below. General rankings In 2019, ICU was ranked 11th among all universities in Japan, and 1st among private universities by Times Higher Education and Benesse. QS World University Rankings ranked ICU as 174th in Asia in 2016. Forbes made a list of top 10 liberal arts colleges in Asia including ICU that was based on the 2014 QS University rankings for Asia. Alumni rankings According to the Weekly Economist'''s () 2010 rankings and the () article on 2006/10/16, graduates from ICU have the 24th best employment rate in 400 major companies, and their average graduate salary is the 4th best in Japan. Popularity and selectivity ICU is one of the most selective universities in Japan. Its entrance difficulty is usually considered one of the top among 730 private universities. National and public universities use different kinds of exams. Thus it's only comparable between universities in the same category, e.g., published Hensachi (the indication showing the entrance difficulties by prep schools) rankings. Japanese journalist ranks its entrance difficulty as SA (most selective/out of 11 scales) in Japan, which includes only four private universities and 11 national universities. Notable alumni See also List in Japanese version'' Kei Akagi – jazz pianist Takeshi Amemiya – The Edward Ames Edmonds Professor of Economics at Stanford University Toshio Arima – president of Fuji Xerox Albert Chan (1975) – president of Hong Kong Baptist University Cosei Kawa – illustrator of children's books Shigeru Miyagawa – professor of Linguistics & Kochi-Manjiro professor of Japanese Language and Culture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Yoko Narahashi – prominent film producer and casting director Mariko Peters – former Dutch politician and civil servant Kazuko Yokoo – justice of the Supreme Court of Japan Lydia Yu-Jose – Japanologist and professor at the Ateneo de Manila University Nozomi Watanabe – Olympic ice dancer who regularly dances with Akiyuki Kido Kaori Enjoji – business journalist Kei Komuro