In 1918, under the Hara cabinet, the 'foundation and expansion plan of higher schools in the miscellaneous category' with an enormous additional budget of 44.5 million yen (currency) was submitted to the Imperial Diet and it was approved.
1918年（大正7年）、原内閣のもとで「高等諸学校創設及拡張計画」が4450万円(通貨)の莫大な追加予算をともなって帝国議会に提出され可決された。