Why are there so many “Japan firsts” at ICU?

Japan's first university to include the word "international" in its name, Japan's first liberal arts college, Japan's first free major selection system, Japan's first university to adopt an English listening test, Japan's first library to have open-stack system, and introduce automated archives, Japan's first journalist astronaut ... ICU has been the scene of many "Japan firsts."

Our uncompromising pursuit of the questions, what kind of learning is expected of liberal arts colleges to solve the world's social issues and what form that learning should take, may be what has resulted in these many "Japan firsts" at ICU.