The is a private university located in Musashino, Tokyo, Japan that offers courses in Business Administration, Economics, Law, International Relations, Sociology and Sports Science.
The university was founded in 1941 by Kozo Ota as on the site of the present Asia University campus. Ota believed that education should be based on a spiritual closeness between teachers and students. It was a unique school at the time, as it accommodated all students in dormitories divided by course of study; Continental Asia, Southern Pacific Islands and Japan ("Homeland").
It shares its name with another university located in Taiwan.
Asia University has performed consistently well in Division 1 of the Tohto University Baseball League, the intercollegiate baseball league that features 21 prominent universities in the Tokyo area.
The Asia University (AU) Center for English Language Education (CELE) is a department at Asia University, located in Musashino, Tokyo, Japan. Serving the university since 1989, CELE was founded by former AU President Professor Shinkichi Eto. CELE employs between 25 and 30 native English speakers as full-time lecturers.