As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pursues deregulation, the "third arrow" of his "Abenomics" economic plan, Temple University's Japan campus is closely watching to see if he will create a more favorable situation for foreign schools here by granting them the same tax perks and credits as Japanese universities, but not at the expense of individuality.
Japanese universities carry the status of "gakko hojin," or educational corporation.
Even Tokyo-based TUJ, which has been around for 31 years and is the oldest and largest American university branch campus in Japan, does not enjoy the same benefits as accredited Japanese universities, because it does not have the educational corporation status.