National Dec 14, 2018
The ministry will start preparing rules to ensure fairness in the entrance exams for the 2020 year and beyond.
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National Dec 14, 2018
Government to freeze controversial medical fee for pregnant women, Japan's health minister says
The government will temporarily suspend an extra medical fee that pregnant women were required to pay out of pocket to see doctors, health minister Takumi Nemoto said Friday. The ministry plans to inform medical institutions of the suspension as soon as possible, probably in January, ...
World / Social Issues Dec 14, 2018
Trump administration can't let companies deny birth control coverage, court rules
A divided U.S. appeals court Thursday blocked rules by the Trump administration that allowed more employers to opt out of providing women with no-cost birth control. States are likely to succeed with their claim that the changes to President Barack Obama's health care law were ...
National / Science & Health Dec 13, 2018
Japanese winner of L'Oreal-UNESCO award for female scientists looks to reshape materials research
by Alex Jackson
From a young age, Dr. Yukiko Ogawa knew she wanted to become a scientist. Growing up in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, she would spend hours after school creating objects in her bedroom. It was this curiosity and early ingenuity when it came to designing novel ...
National Dec 12, 2018
Nihon University admits nepotism in entrance exams
by Magdalena Osumi
Nihon University revealed that in the past two years it gave preference to 10 applicants whose parents had graduated from its medical school, at the expense of other students.
World / Offbeat Dec 12, 2018
Florida woman reunited with daughter she thought died at birth 69 years ago
An 88-year-old American woman has been reunited with the daughter she was told had died at birth 69 years ago, The New York Times reported. Genevieve Purinton of Tampa, Florida, 69-year-old Connie Moultroup of Richmond, Vermont, for the first time this month, the newspaper said. Purinton ...
National Dec 11, 2018
Juntendo University treated applicants, mostly women, unfairly during its medical school's entrance examinations during the 2017 and 2018 academic years, a report by a third-party committee confirmed Monday. The committee, headed by lawyer Keisuke Yoshioka, said in its primary report that the university has "improperly ...
Business | FOCUS Dec 11, 2018
In-house lawyers becoming more common in Japan, and nearly half of them are women
In-house lawyers are becoming more common in Japan as a result of judicial system reform that was aimed at boosting the number of legal professionals and companies' growing need to strengthen their legal work. In-house lawyers have only one client — the company that employs ...
National Dec 10, 2018
Japan's Self-Defense Forces may create new training units for growing number of female officers
The Self-Defense Forces is considering adding training units to cater to an increasing number of female personnel, sources with knowledge of the matter said Saturday. As the number of female recruits has been growing in recent years, the SDF is finding it difficult to accept ...
Asia Pacific / Social Issues Dec 7, 2018
Thousands of Myanmar women forced into marriage in China: study
Thousands of vulnerable women and girls from northern Myanmar are being trafficked to China and forced to marry, a study said Friday, offering a rare look at an issue that grips the conflict-hit borderlands. China has around 33 million fewer women than men due to ...
World / Social Issues Nov 26, 2018
More than half the women who were murdered worldwide last year were killed by their partners or family members, making home "the most dangerous place for a woman," a new U.N. study said Sunday. In statistics released on the International Day for the Elimination of ...
World / Social Issues Nov 26, 2018
Thousands use U.N. day to protest violence against women; some met with tear gas
Protesters in cities across Europe and elsewhere marked the U.N. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on Sunday, with tens of thousands turning out in Madrid and demonstrators in Istanbul greeted by tear gas. Hundreds of women gathered in Istanbul's Tunel Square ...