BESETOHA is a forum in which four representative East Asian Universities— Peking University, Seoul National University, Vietnam National University Hanoi and the University of Tokyo—meet to discuss the present state and future directions of university education, basic education and educational culture. The BESETOHA forum takes its name from the names of the attending universities. Forum is a United States constitutional law term that describes a government-owned property which is open to public expression and assembly. ... East Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Seoul National University (SNU) is South Koreas national university, whose main campus is located in Seoul, South Korea. ... The University of Tokyo ), abbreviated as Todai ), is one of the leading research universities in Japan. ...