Japan cracks down on gender discrimination in universities

Managing director of Tokyo Medical University, Tetsuo Yukioka (left), and vice-president Keisuke Miyazawa bow as they attend a press conference in Tokyo on Aug 7. Photo: AFP

Japan recently launched an unprecedented probe into gender discrimination at all the nation’s medical universities after a Tokyo medical school admitted altering the entrance test results of female applicants to exclude them.

The education ministry has asked all 81 private and public medical schools to check their admission procedures for possible discrimination against female applicants.