The most famous instance involved the 1960 U.S.-Japan Security Treaty, which was forced through the Japanese Diet, giving rise to condemnations from all quarters. Three hundred twenty-eight Waseda professors, led by the university's president at the time, issued a joint declaration demanding the resignation of the cabinet and the dissolution of the Diet.
最著名的是一九六○年間，代表日美協防的「日米（美）安保條約」締約，日本眾議院強行表決通過，引起各方聲討不斷，早大的三百廿八位教員還在當時的總長（校長）大濱信泉率領下，共同發表聲明，要求內閣總辭、國會解散。