Akamon Clique - Akamonbatsu

...In Japan, the phenomenon of graduates of certain schools making up a particularly high percentage of employees in companies, government offices, schools, etc. has existed for a long time, and groups formed from people who had attended the same school were called "academic cliques." By the end of the Meiji period, there were already books that listed academic cliques as one of the "five major cliques in the government and opposition parties," along with clan cliques and zaibatsu cliques, and books that analyzed in what areas of society graduates of various schools, including Tokyo Imperial University, hold monopolistic positions. Even today, there are a considerable number of studies that attempt to shed light on the existence of academic cliques among the elite of society, such as high-ranking bureaucrats, company managers, and university professors. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to the "Akamon faction" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…日本には企業，官庁，学校などの職員層に，特定の学校の出身者がきわだって高い比率をしめるという現象が早くからあり，このように出身校を同じくすることから形成されたグループが〈学閥〉とよばれた。明治末にはすでに，藩閥，財閥などとともに学閥を〈朝野の五大閥〉の一つにあげる書物や，東京帝国大学をはじめ各学校の出身者が社会のどのような分野で独占的な地位をしめているかを分析した書物が出されている。現在もなお高級官僚，企業経営者，大学教授など，社会のエリート層について学閥の存在を明らかにしようとする研究は少なからぬ数にのぼっている。…

※「赤門閥」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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