Tokyo Medical University formally approved its first woman president Tuesday, following the recent discovery that it had manipulated entrance exam scores for many years to curb female enrollment.
The board of regents endorsed Yukiko Hayashi, who has headed pathophysiology at the university's School of Medicine. She beat a male pediatrician in an election involving professors Sept. 19, after calling for the school to make amends with applicants affected by the university's unfair treatment.
Hayashi, 56, an alumna of the school, has taught at the university since August 2013 as a senior professor and served as deputy head of the university hospital's center for genetic diagnosis since February 2016.