Kobe College of Liberal Arts

Coordinates: 34°40′28″N 134°58′10″E / 34.67444°N 134.96944°E / 34.67444; 134.96944
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Kobe College of Liberal Arts (神戸文化短期大学, Kōbe bunka tanki daigaku) was a private junior college in Akashi, Hyogo, Japan.

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The college was founded in 1967 as Akashi Women's Junior College (明石女子短期大学) with the Department of Clothing Science. It became coeducational in 1969 and was renamed Akashi Junior College (明石短期大学) . In 1970 it added the departments of Design and Liberal Arts. After the Michiyo Okabe (岡部 三千代 Okabe Michiyo, 18-year-old Akashi Junior College girl) nude murder case,[1] it was renamed Kobe College of Liberal Arts in 1990.[2]

In 2008 the college was merged into Kobe University of Fashion and Design and renamed Kobe College of Fashion and Design (神戸ファッション造形大学短期大学部).

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  1. ^ 明石短大生殺人事件
  2. ^ 神戸文化短期大学:本学のあゆみ [Kobe College of Liberal Arts: Our History] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 30 March 2006. Retrieved 9 August 2012.

34°40′28″N 134°58′10″E / 34.67444°N 134.96944°E / 34.67444; 134.96944