Abstract
One important instance of the migrations of overseas Chinese/ethnic Chinese before 1980 is the migration of people from Taiwan to Japan. However, how Taiwanese people came to Japan remains unclear. To clarify some unclear points, this paper will take the acceptance of Taiwanese students at Kindai University as a case study. In Japan, the acceptance of international students is not only to train future Japanophiles who can understand Japan well, and can connect their countries with Japan after returning to their homeland, but also to free Japan from the discrimination against other Asian people. In response to this mission, Kindai University has sent the chairman of Foreign Student Administration to Southeast Asian countries since 1955, to investigate the state of universities in Taiwan and the situation of those wishing to study abroad. It is noteworthy that Kindai University’s early acceptance of international students has sparked a new wave in postwar Japanese higher education.
