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Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, abbreviated as Kaiyodai, is a national university in Japan. The main campus (Shinagawa Campus) is located in Minato, Tokyo and another campus (Etchujima Campus) is in Koto, Tokyo.HistoryThe university was established with a merger of two national universities, namely, Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine in Koto, Tokyo and Tokyo University of Fisheries in Minato, Tokyo.Tokyo University of Mercantile MarineTokyo University of Mercantile Marine was founded in November 1875 by Iwasaki Yataro as Mitsubishi Nautical School. In 1882 it became a national school named Tokyo Nautical School. In 1902 the school was removed from Reiganjima to present-day Etchujima Campus. In 1925 the school became Tokyo Nautical College.In April 1945, during World War II, three nautical colleges at Tokyo, Kobe and Shimizu were merged into one college simply named Nautical College, which was located in Shimizu. In 1949 the college was developed into the University of Mercantile Marine under Japan's new educational system. In 1957 the university moved to Tokyo again and was renamed Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine.Tokyo University of FisheriesTokyo University of Fisheries was founded in November 1888 as Fishery Training Institute by Japan Fisheries Association. It became a national school in 1897 and was renamed Imperial Fisheries Institute. The institute had been located in Etchujima next to Tokyo Nautical College till 1945, when the school buildings were occupied by US Army. The institute moved to Yokosuka in 1947 and was renamed the First Imperial Fisheries Institute, since the second fisheries institute was founded in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi (the former colonial Pusan Fisheries College, now the National Fisheries University).