To all students,
The Yoshida-Ryo dormitories are student dormitories managed by Kyoto University. Based on "The Basic Policy to Ensure the Safety of Yoshida-Ryo Resident Students" (issued on 19 December 2017), the university has not accepted any new applications for residence in either the new or old Yoshida-Ryo dormitories since January 2018, and has also requested all resident students to leave the dormitories by the end of September 2018.
Currently, advertisements for new applications to live in the dormitories in the first semester of 2025 have been issued under the name of the "Yoshida-Ryo Resident Student Association". Please note, however, that the university has not granted that organization approval to advertise for new residents.
It is possible that the persons claiming to be the "Yoshida-Ryo Resident Student Association" are persons unlawfully residing in the Yoshida-Ryo dormitories. The university has already filed a lawsuit for the eviction of persons unlawfully residing in the dormitories.
For this reason, the university has warned current students not to respond to the recruitment advertisements described above and move into the dormitory. A similar warning will be issued for prospective students and their parents.
The university hereby warns those individuals and organizations who are illegitimately attempting to recruit new residents under the name of the "Yoshida-Ryo Resident Student Association" to cease doing so. We also wish to make it clear once again that residence in the Yoshida-Ryo dormitory by students or others in response to the abovementioned recruitment is deemed to be an illegal occupation of university facilities, which will not be permitted.
Hiroshi Kokubu
Executive Vice-President for Student Affairs
12 February 2025
