Tokyo prosecutors on Wednesday arrested a high-ranking education ministry official on suspicion of accepting a bribe from Tokyo Medical University in exchange for a personal favor.

Futoshi Sano, a 58-year-old director general and former deputy vice minister, allegedly received the bribe in May 2017 from the university, which asked him to be named as a candidate for a ministry project in return for granting his child a place at the university, according to the special squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office.

Although no money was involved, prosecutors determined that the deal in which his child got into the university after receiving extra marks on the entrance exam constituted bribery, investigative sources said.