Center for South Asian Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS)
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The Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS, also integrated within the Center for South Asian Studies in Japan framework / FINDAS) at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS) is a major academic hub for South Asian area studies, humanities, and linguistics in Japan. Operating in close collaboration with the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA) and the School of International and Area Studies, the center coordinates interdisciplinary research on India, Pakistan, Bangladesh
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Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan / South Asia Regional Focus
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The Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS, also integrated within the Center for South Asian Studies in Japan framework / FINDAS) at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS) is a major academic hub for South Asian area studies, humanities, and linguistics in Japan. Operating in close collaboration with the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA) and the School of International and Area Studies, the center coordinates interdisciplinary research on India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the broader Indian Ocean region. It supports extensive degree and non-degree instruction in South Asian languages—including Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Tamil, Punjabi, and Sanskrit—while hosting research projects in South Asian history, cultural anthropology, political economy, and descriptive linguistics.