The story
The original university was established in 1923 as Daitō Bunka Gakuin (大東文化学院; だいとうぶんかがくいん lit. Great East Culture Academy) and was an attempt to found a new school focused upon learning from Asian rather than Western influences. It gradually became associated with the efforts of nationalists and militarists in the grand plan of a Pan-Asiatic Co-Prosperity Sphere, and graduates of the university, well versed in Asian languages and cultures, were seen as ideal colonial experts and administrators.
With defeat in war, Daito graduates petitioned the Occupation authorities to reform the university as a truly Pan-Asian liberal arts college to nurture peace and understanding throughout Asia. The authorities granted this request, and land was provided for the new university in Itabashi Ward, northern Tokyo, with the renamed Tokyo Bunsei University (東京文政大学; とうきょうぶんせいだいがく, lit. Tokyo University of Letters and Politics) being founded in 1949. The name eventually reverted to Daito Bunka University in 1953, following the end of the Allied Occupation the previous year.
Daito Bunka University has a sister school in New Zealand: Avondale University in Auckland.
From Wikipedia’s article on Daito Bunka University, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4