The Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa [ja] (ILCAA), also known as the AA-ken (AA研), is part of TUFS.

It began as Institute for Research of Foreign Documents (蛮書調所, Bansho Shirabesho), a Tokugawa shogunate's translation bureau set up in 1857.

[5] The primary TUFS campus in Fuchu is situated in Asahi-cho near Tama Station of the Seibu Tamagawa Line.

Classes are mainly held in the Research and Lecture building and, for international students, the Japanese Language Center (留学生日本語教育センター).

[6] The campus also features a library, gymnasium, sports field, cafeteria, and small shop, with another convenience store located adjacent to the North Arrival Court.

Two of the buildings provide studio apartment-sized single rooms for incoming students, as well as a limited number of ‘family’-sized apartments.

[20][21] According to the survey conducted by Nikkei HR in 2013, the TUFS won the first place in "working skills" ranking among Japanese universities.

It shows that students grow their "working skills" through their studies at the university and they will learn faster and be operational once they have started their career.