Thaksin, a self-made billionaire who has lived in exile since last year's coup, will give a 90-minute lecture on business and management on July 5 at private Takushoku University, a school spokesman said.

 "It will be part of a class, which has a series of lectures by renowned economists and businesspeople," the spokesman said.

 The lectures are usually open to the public, but the school may limit access for the Thaksin lecture if the institution cannot provide enough seats and security.

 Thaksin also visited Tokyo in January when he gave a host of interviews to Japanese media denouncing the coup leaders. No government leaders met him.

 Thaksin, a former police bureaucrat turned telecommunications tycoon, was credited with bringing economic stability back to Thailand in the wake of the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis.

 However, he has faced allegations of corruption and tax evasion in connection with his nearly two-billion-dollar sale of telecoms giant Shin Corp, which he founded, to a Singapore firm last year.

 Thaksin was in New York when the military overthrew his twice-elected government in a bloodless coup on September 19.

 Thaksin has since hopped around Asia and Europe and is bidding to take over English football club Manchester City. Earlier this week, his suitcase containing thousands of dollars was stolen at a Moscow McDonald's.

 Takushoku University has invited controversial figures before including former Peruvian leader Alberto Fujimori who spent five years in exile in Tokyo.

Agence France Presse