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Women overtook men for the first time in the acceptance rate at Japan’s medical schools for the 2021 academic year that started in April, an education ministry survey showed Wednesday, in a sign of improvement over gender-based discrimination in entrance examinations that came to light a few years ago.
The average exam pass rate for women at the country’s 81 universities with a medical faculty stood at 13.60 percent against men’s 13.51 percent, marking the first time women beat men in the rate since comparable data became available in the 2013 academic year.
The results come after a string of exam-rigging scandals surfaced in 2018 including that of Tokyo Medical University, which admitted to score manipulation to limit female enrollment. The revelation eventually prompted a government probe into entrance exams at medical schools.
Women overtake men in exam pass rate at Japan’s medical schools
Kyodo – Feb 16
Women overtook men for the first time in the acceptance rate at Japan’s medical schools for the 2021 academic year that started in April, an education ministry survey showed Wednesday, in a sign of improvement over gender-based discrimination in entrance examinations that came to light a few years ago.
Japan to let in foreign workers and students starting this month
Nikkei – Feb 12
Japan will ease a near-ban on foreign arrivals this month, gradually allowing in more business travelers and students, Nikkei has learned, as frustration mounts with stringent curbs that have kept people out of the country for as much as two years.
Student charged with leaking entrance exam questions using Skype
Japan Times – Feb 11
Tokyo police filed charges against a 19-year-old female student and a system engineer in his 20s on Thursday over the leaking of questions from this year’s unified university entrance examinations — allegedly while the tests were taking place.
The story of the first Black samurai in Japan
CBC – Feb 09
Massey Lecturer Esi Edugyan shares the story of Yasuke, a man of African descent who appears in the historical record solely between 1579 and 1582, and trains as a samurai in feudal Japan.
The Matsushimaya Acting House EXPLAINED
Kabuki In-Depth – Feb 04
The Matsushimaya is a notable yagō or house of actors of the Kamigata region, which has trained some of the most remarkable actors of the XX century, such as Kataoka Nizaemon XI (1857 – 1934), Kataoka Nizaemon XII (1882 – 1946), Kataoka Nizaemon XIII (1903 – 1994) and Kataoka Nizaemon XV (1944 – present).
Japan to open border for 400 more students
NHK – Feb 02
The Japanese government is exempting hundreds of foreign students from an entry ban imposed in late November. More than 100,000 others remain locked out of the country.
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