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Juntendo University ordered to pay ¥8 million over rigged entrance exams

National May 19, 2022

Juntendo University ordered to pay ¥8 million over rigged entrance exams

The medical school is to pay damages to 13 women for rigging its tests in favor of male candidates, after what is believed to be the first ruling of its kind.

Japanese scientists develop vaccine to eliminate cells behind aging

National / Science & Health Dec 12, 2021

Japanese scientists develop vaccine to eliminate cells behind aging

The vaccine enables the body to create antibodies that attach themselves to senescent cells, which are removed by white blood cells.

13 women sue Juntendo University in Tokyo over rigged entrance exams

National / Crime & Legal Jun 20, 2019

13 women sue Juntendo University in Tokyo over rigged entrance exams

A total of 13 women filed a damages suit Thursday against a medical school in Tokyo after it rigged its entrance exams in favor of male candidates. The plaintiffs, who took entrance examinations at Juntendo University between 2011 and 2018 but were not accepted, are ...

Experts question Juntendo University's reasoning behind gender discrimination in medical course entrance exams

National | FOCUS Dec 17, 2018

Experts question Juntendo University's reasoning behind gender discrimination in medical course entrance exams

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 ...

Nine medical schools in Japan rigged entrance exams to benefit men and relatives of alumni, ministry report says

National Dec 14, 2018

Nine medical schools in Japan rigged entrance exams to benefit men and relatives of alumni, ministry report says

The ministry will start preparing rules to ensure fairness in the entrance exams for the 2020 year and beyond.

Third Japan medical school suspected of having discriminated against applicants: sources

National Oct 22, 2018

Third Japan medical school suspected of having discriminated against applicants: sources

Juntendo University is suspected of curbing female enrollment by assessing their scores against higher passing thresholds.

Monkeys can make strategic choices based on memory: Japanese research

National / Science & Health Jan 14, 2017

Monkeys can make strategic choices based on memory: Japanese research

Monkeys can make judgments based on memory and be confident about their strategic choices, according to a study released Friday. Researchers from Juntendo University and Tokyo University tested to see if "metamemory" — the ability to monitor one's memories, a process that is characteristic of ...

National / Science & Health Jun 10, 2016

Chiba municipality to offer young women subsidies to freeze their eggs

Urayasu’s groundbreaking subsidy plan to improve the nation’s birthrate may offset roughly 80 percent of the cost of freezing healthy women’s eggs.

National / Science & Health Feb 19, 2016

New treatment keeps liver transplant patients healthy without immunosuppressants: Japanese researchers

Seven out of 10 people who were administered specially treated lymphocytes shortly after undergoing living-donor liver transplants at Hokkaido University Hospital have remained in good health without having to rely on immunosuppressive drugs, researchers said Thursday. Currently, patients who undergo organ transplants have to take ...

National / Science & Health Feb 19, 2016

Japanese team finds new way to create, research Parkinson's stem cells

by Tomoko Otake

Researchers from Juntendo and Keio universities have come up with a quicker and easier way to generate iPS cells from people with Parkinson's disease, a discovery they claim will go a long way in developing a cure for the neurological disease. In a paper published ...

Soccer / J. League Sep 5, 2015

Ventforet escape with victory over Juntendo University

J. League first-division side Ventforet Kofu held on to beat plucky Juntendo University 3-2 at home and book their place in the third round of the Emperor's Cup on Saturday. Takuma Abe scored what proved to be the decider by giving Kofu a 3-1 lead ...

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