A prominent medical university in Tokyo, which recently admitted setting a higher bar for female applicants to pass entrance exams, is now being criticized for the reasons it has given for its gender discrimination.
Juntendo University, which received the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's top award this year for its contribution to female empowerment, acknowledged the unfair treatment at a news conference last week but said it had considered the practice as a measure to narrow the wide gap between the abilities of men and women.
"Women are more mature and have better communication skills than men," a Juntendo official said at the news conference, revealing that the university had set different pass scores for men and women for at least the past decade.