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More men pass entrance exams than women at 80% of Japan's medical schools: survey
The government released preliminary results of a survey on medical school entrance exams in the wake of a prestigious university admitting it lowered the scores of women to curb their enrollment.
Med schools offered subsidies for surgical training via donated corpses to curb malpractice
To reduce malpractice, the government will encourage medical schools to introduce a surgical training program for practicing doctors and dentists that makes use of donated bodies, health ministry sources said Sunday. The ministry has requested ¥500 million ($4.5 million) from the state budget for fiscal ...
