Of the roughly 40 U.S. colleges that opened for business in Japan during the 1980s, Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ), is the only one still running. Long after its competitors went home licking their wounds during the two-decade hangover from Japan's economic boom, the 28-year-old campus is thriving. "We're the last one standing, the only institution, American or otherwise, that offers a full-service operation," said TUJ Dean Bruce Stronach, the highest-ranking foreign academic in Japan. Temple, the oldest and biggest American university in Japan, has the same status as a Japanese university — the successful product of a decade of lobbying. That change boosted direct enrollments from outside Japan, said Jeff Kingston, a TUJ professor.