Four universities in Tokyo were handed a court order Thursday to return a total of 4.8 million yen in prepaid tuition fees to people who passed their entrance exams but did not enroll.

The Tokyo District Court ordered Waseda University, Kanto Gakuin University, Sophia University and Taisho University to make the refunds to eight plaintiffs.

But the court turned down the plaintiffs' request that their entrance fees also be refunded.