忍者コースの誕生
Mie University set up the world’s first research center devoted to the ninja in 2017 and opened a graduate course a year later.

忍者養成機関ではないらしい
“We get many inquiries from overseas but I have to say one thing: This is a course to learn about the ninja, not to become one.”

忍者研究で修士の学位を取った三橋の現在
Mitsuhashi, who has also learned kung fu and a Japanese martial art known as
Shorinji Kempo, teaches ninja skills at his own dojo and runs a local inn while pursuing his Ph.D.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/06/27/national/japan-university-first-ninja-studies-degree/