東京外国語大学
Kadirgamar returned to Japan in 1983 on a Japan Foundation Fellowship and lectured at several universities in the Tokyo-Yokohama area: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo Woman's Christian University, International Christian University, Meiji Gakuin University, Sophia University Community College, Keisen University, Aoyama Gakuin Women's Junior College, Wako University and International School of the Sacred Heart. He returned to Sri Lanka in 2000 and settled in Dehiwela.