National Jan 22, 2019
Government cuts off subsidies to Tokyo Medical University over entrance exam discrimination
The institution was among several found to have discriminated against female applicants in entrance examinations.
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National Jan 1, 2019
The Japan Times newsroom selected the following domestic news stories as the most important of 2018.
National Dec 31, 2018
Tokyo Medical University enrolled applicant at lawmaker's request
Tokyo Medical University enrolled an applicant in its nursing school by passing over candidates with better scores at the request of a Diet member, according to a report by an independent panel looking into the university's rigging of exam scores. Masahiko Usui, former chairman of ...
National Dec 30, 2018
109 applicants found to be denied entrance in Tokyo Medical University exam-rigging
A third-party probe has found that a total of 109 applicants were denied entrance to Tokyo Medical University over the four years through fiscal 2016 due to its exam score-rigging, the university said Saturday. The applicants, of whom 66 were women, were denied admission even ...
National / Crime & Legal Dec 17, 2018
In lawsuit, consumer group alleges discrimination by Tokyo Medical University
by Satoshi Sugiyama
The Consumers Organization of Japan is demanding that test fees and associated costs be paid back to the impacted applicants.
National Dec 14, 2018
The ministry will start preparing rules to ensure fairness in the entrance exams for the 2020 year and beyond.
National Nov 7, 2018
Tokyo Medical University to accept applicants rejected due to rigging
A total of 101 students rejected in 2017 and 2018, many of them women, will be able to attend classes from the next school year if they wish.
National / Crime & Legal Oct 30, 2018
Women demand compensation from Tokyo Medical University over rigged entrance exams
Women who applied unsuccessfully to Tokyo Medical University are demanding it pay a total of ¥7.69 million ($68,600) in compensation for manipulating entrance exam results in favor of male applicants, their lawyers said Monday. The 24 applicants, who took the medical school's entrance exams in ...
National Oct 24, 2018
Women to demand compensations from Tokyo Medical University over entrance exam rigging
Women who applied unsuccessfully to Tokyo Medical University intend to demand compensation from the school for manipulating entrance exam results in favor of male applicants and hiding the discriminatory practice, their lawyers said Wednesday. A university investigative panel said Tuesday it had identified 69 people, ...
National Oct 14, 2018
Juntendo University and Showa University are suspected of rigging the results of entrance examinations for their respective medical faculties in the same way Tokyo Medical University did, informed sources said Saturday. Juntendo and Showa, both in Tokyo, are believed to have applied different test judgment ...
National / Media | MEDIA MIX Oct 13, 2018
Can female surgeons dismantle stereotypes in Japan?
by Philip Brasor
The long-running American TV series "Grey's Anatomy" is popular because of the way it mixes standard medical drama with mushy romantic intrigue, but another part of its appeal is the makeup of its characters. The drama takes place in the surgical department of a ...