The Science Council of Japan issued a recommendation to establish an inter-university research institution for the study of the languages and cultures of Asia and Africa.
1964
ILCAA was established as an affiliate of the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, and as the first institution to be designated as an Inter-University Institution in humanities and social sciences in Japan.
1967
Programme for Extensive-Period Field Research started.
1974
Intensive Language Course started in full swing.
1978
The introduction of mainframe computer.
1983
The office of the Overseas Scientific Research Coordination Team was established.
1991
Integrated sixteen small sections into four major sections.
1992
Participation in doctoral program of the Graduate School of Area and Culture Studies, TUFS by some staff.
1995
Designated as one of the Centers of Excellence (COE) by the Japanese Ministry of Education.
1996
The first international symposium, ‘Human Flow and Creation of New Cultures in Southeast Asia’ as a COE was held.
Relocated from old Nishigahara campus to current Fuchu campus.
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas, ‘Distribution and Sharing of Resources in Symbolic and Ecological Systems: Integrative Model-building in Anthropology’ started. (-2006)
2004
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies was corporatized.
The Linguistic Dynamics Science Project (LingDy) was started (–2012).
2010
ILCAA was designated as a Joint Usage/Research center ‘International Research Center for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa’ by Japanese MEXT. Core Research Programs representing joint research activities of the Institute were launched as a main point of the medium-term research strategy.