As part of the "Private University Branding Project", the Research Center for Edo-Tokyo Studies has been created at Hosei University. The inauguration of this Center holds great significance for Hosei University.

On this occasion I am passed the baton of Center Director from Professor Jinnai Hidenobu. I too was once a student who was captured by Edo-Tokyo Studies. Without forgetting that beginner's feeling, I shall take on the resolution of our first Center Director, "To aim towards a research organization open to region, society, and the world."

This Research Center will bring to light both the hard and soft aspects of the basic structure from which the unique entity that is the city of Tokyo emerged, and investigate the possibility of a city fit for the 21st century that is not modelled on Western cities. We aim towards a research organization that is open to the world, society, and the local area. We greatly look forward to your participation and cooperation.