Word has it they tried to buy the medical school at Nihon University (med school is one of the few cash cows for a university, since the tuition is so high) but were turned down. Some have suggested the university sell off its campus in downtown Tokyo, which is terribly crowded, and move to the suburbs.
此外日本企業不重視大學院（研究所）文憑，使得日本大學的碩士、博士班往往呈現外國人多、本國人少的局面，連帶使大學部的學術根基難以扎下。