# Reitaku University

> Higher education institution in Chiba Prefecture, Japan

**Wikidata**: [Q7310500](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7310500)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reitaku_University)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/reitaku-university

## Summary
Reitaku University is a private higher education institution (university) located in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Founded in 1935, it maintains an official website and active online presence and is cataloged in multiple international and national authority and research identifier systems.

## Key Facts
- Reitaku University is an institution of higher education (instance_of: university) located in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
- Inception (founding year): 1935.
- Geographic coordinates: latitude 35.83304722, longitude 139.95470556 (Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture).
- Official website: http://www.reitaku-u.ac.jp/.
- Common Japanese names / aliases: 麗澤大學, 麗沢大学.
- International & national identifiers: ISNI 000000009956560X; VIAF 147858604; ROR 02rwyg032; GRID grid.444056.7; Ringgold ID 13023; Freebase /m/02r_5fm.
- National / library identifiers: NDL authority ID 00297855; Library of Congress authority ID n88216482; CiNii Research ID 1140845216755849088; KISTI ID K000201828.
- Japanese educational codes: MEXT school code F112310102468; identification code for Japanese universities and colleges 2049 (also linked to the identifier X0408 in published sources).
- Official social media handles: Twitter @reitakuuniv; Facebook reitaku.university.
- Wikidata / Wikipedia metadata: Wikidata description "Higher education institution in Chiba Prefecture, Japan"; Wikipedia pages exist in English, Japanese, and Chinese (sitelink_count: 3).

## FAQs
### Q: Where is Reitaku University located?
A: Reitaku University is located in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Its campus coordinates are 35.83304722° N, 139.95470556° E.

### Q: When was Reitaku University founded?
A: The institution's inception year is recorded as 1935.

### Q: How can I find Reitaku University online?
A: The university's official website is http://www.reitaku-u.ac.jp/. Official social media accounts include Twitter @reitakuuniv and Facebook at reitaku.university.

### Q: Is Reitaku University recorded in international authority databases?
A: Yes. It appears in multiple authority and research databases, including ISNI (000000009956560X), VIAF (147858604), ROR (02rwyg032), GRID (grid.444056.7), and Ringgold (13023).

## Why It Matters
Reitaku University serves as an established higher education institution in the Tokyo metropolitan periphery, operating from Kashiwa in Chiba Prefecture since 1935. Its long-standing presence contributes to regional access to university-level education and scholarly activity. The university’s inclusion across many library, research, and organizational identifiers (ISNI, VIAF, ROR, GRID, Ringgold, NDL, LOC, CiNii, KISTI) demonstrates its integration into national and international bibliographic and research infrastructures. That integration makes the institution discoverable and citable in academic, library, and data-management systems, facilitating collaborations, citation tracking, and information retrieval. For researchers, students, librarians, and data managers, these authoritative identifiers and the university’s documented administrative data (MEXT school code, national identification code) provide reliable references for enrollment verification, cataloging, and institutional analysis.

## Notable For
- Established history: institution inception recorded in 1935, marking it as a multi‑decade higher education provider.
- Location: campus situated in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, with precise geographic coordinates (35.83304722, 139.95470556).
- Broad cataloging presence: recorded across major authority and research identifier systems (ISNI, VIAF, ROR, GRID, Ringgold, NDL, LOC, CiNii, KISTI).
- Official online and social presence: maintains an official website and named Twitter and Facebook accounts.
- Recognized identification in Japanese educational systems: MEXT school code F112310102468 and national identification code 2049.

## Body

### Overview
- Entity name: Reitaku University.
- Instance: University (higher education institution).
- Wikidata description: "Higher education institution in Chiba Prefecture, Japan."
- Wikipedia languages available: English, Japanese, Chinese.

### Location and Campus
- City: Kashiwa.
- Prefecture: Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
- Coordinates: 35.83304722° N, 139.95470556° E.
- GRID identifier associated with location: grid.444056.7.

### History
- Inception year: 1935 (recorded as the founding/inception date in provided data).
- No additional founding-person or founder organization names are provided in the supplied material.

### Administrative and Institutional Identifiers
- ISNI: 000000009956560X.
- VIAF: 147858604.
- ROR ID: 02rwyg032.
- GRID ID: grid.444056.7.
- Ringgold ID: 13023.
- Freebase ID (legacy): /m/02r_5fm.
- MEXT school code: F112310102468.
- Identification code for Japanese universities and colleges: 2049 (linked in published sources with identifier X0408).
- Operator: recorded as Q11448493 (Wikidata item identifier for the operating organization; no name string supplied in source data).

### Library, Research and National Registrations
- NDL (National Diet Library) authority ID: 00297855 (with Japanese label 麗沢大学).
- Library of Congress authority ID: n88216482.
- CiNii Research ID: 1140845216755849088 (Japanese label 麗澤大学).
- KISTI ID: K000201828.
- NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA02539804 (Japanese label 麗澤大学).

### Online Presence and Media
- Official website: http://www.reitaku-u.ac.jp/.
- Twitter handle: reitakuuniv.
- Facebook page: reitaku.university.
- Image (Commons): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Reitakuuniv.jpg.
- Wikipedia sitelink count: 3.

### Metadata and Cataloging Notes
- Wikidata sitelink and category: main category Category:Reitaku University.
- Sitelink_count: 3 (indicates pages across languages).
- Yale Lux ID: group/420ac438-82c4-493f-bdf2-4b2e67de3520.
- Microsoft Academic (discontinued) ID recorded: 193758575 (legacy reference).
- NDL/Catalog references include multiple date-stamped authority actions (e.g., records referencing 2018-10-07 and 2024-08-24).

### Language and Naming
- Official Japanese names / search names provided: 麗澤大學, 麗沢大学.
- Japan Search Name ID: 麗澤大学.

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## References

1. Virtual International Authority File
2. Japan Search
3. CiNii Research
4. [Source](http://www.reitaku-u.ac.jp/)
5. GRID Release 2016-05-31
6. Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions
7. Microsoft Academic Knowledge Graph
8. [2004](http://kikakurui.com/x0/X0408-2004-01.html)