The leaning tower of Pisa has started to tilt even at the very beginning of its construction in 11th century. Since then, the tower has kept leaning for 800 years. Professor Burland has notably been involved in the rescuing the Leaning Tower of Pisa for which he was a member of the Italian Prime Minister's Commission for stabilising the tower. Thanks to their considerable effort, the tower has regained its stability and now it is open to people. Prof. Burland talked about 10-year struggle of engineers and researchers to rescue the tower, in his lecture at IIS, the University of Tokyo on June 17, 2009.[This abstract is not included in the PDF]