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JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY

Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2022
On medical exchange program in Tokyo, Ukrainians both receive and give lessons
The Juntendo University training has allowed Ukrainian doctors and students to receive essential training, and they have been able to share lessons on conflict too.
Japan Times
JAPAN
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 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.
Japan Times
JAPAN
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2018
Tokyo man switched at birth seeks out parents, and answers
For a Tokyo man, being told by friends and neighbors that he looked nothing like his parents was a source of pain growing up, and his own suspicions that he might not be his parents' biological son proved to be true many years later.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 20, 2017
Couple sue Juntendo hospital over fatal complications from labor-inducing drug, anesthetic
A woman and her husband are suing Juntendo University Hospital in Tokyo for ¥140 million in damages, claiming the wife suffered a uterine rupture and a stillbirth after she was administered drugs without her consent during delivery using anesthesia to reduce the pain, their lawyer said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 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.
JAPAN / 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.
JAPAN / 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.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 19, 2016
Japanese team finds new way to create, research Parkinson's stem cells
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.
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.
No link to Nankai Trough quake seen after temblor in Shikoku
Satoshi Harada from the Meteorological Agency explains about the magnitude 6.6 earthquake during a news conference early Thursday.
Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts
Indonesia's Mount Ruang spews hot lava and smoke as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday.
Why hasn't Japan moved to prop up the weak yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Snake on a train: Discovery of serpent delays Tokyo-Nagoya shinkansen
A Tokaido shinkansen. It is unclear whether the snake was venomous or how it ended up on the train, and there was no injury or panic among passengers.
Sex differences could be key to the successful treatment of long COVID
A new study has found that women with long COVID had significantly lower levels of testosterone compared to those who had recovered from their infection.
'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
In the new Disney+ series “House of the Owl,” Min Tanaka (left) plays a powerful political fixer, or “kuromaku,” who has a troubled relationship with his adult children, particularly his idealistic son, played by Mackenyu.
Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British leader Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego in March last year.
Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
Unpacking the chaotic by-election in a scandal-hit Tokyo district
People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.

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