He was there to present a paper on Foochow migration history to a group of historians from the University of Tsukuba.筑波大学 Tsukuba daigaku which is located in the city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture in the Kantō region of Japan. The University has 28 college clusters and schools with a total of around 15,000 students (in 2003). The main Tsukuba campus covers an area of 258 hectares (636 acres), making it the largest single campus in Japan.[3]
Ot was established in October, 1973. A forerunner of this university was Tokyo University of Education (東京教育大学Tōkyō kyōiku daigaku) originally founded in 1872 as one of the oldest universities in Japan,Tokyo Higher Normal School (東京師範学校Tōkyō Shihan Gakkō) .
The university is ranked one of the top Asian universities (19th-26th) in the “Academic Ranking of World Universities". 
The University of Tsukuba has had several Nobel Prize winners so far, namely Leo Esaki, Hideki Shirakawa and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga.
The University of Tsukuba is famous in the research of physical education, library and Information science, physics and economics.
On July 11, 1991 Japanese translator Hitoshi Igarashi was stabbed to death at the University for translating Salman Rushdie's most famous novel The Satanic Verses.
In October 2002, the University of Tsukuba merged with the University of Library and Information Science (ULIS, 図書館情報大学 Toshokan jōhō daigaku). The School of Library and Information Science and the Graduate School of Library and Information - Media Studies were established.
In May 2008, the Tokyo International Conference on African Development became an opportunity for the African Development Bank (AfDB) and universities in Japan to promote partnership on higher education, science and technology. Donald Kaberuka, the President of AfDB and the President of Tsukuba University signed a memorandum of understanding during the three-day event.
(Source : Wikipedia, photos from Wong Meng Lei)
(Source : Wikipedia, photos from Wong Meng Lei)
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