A court ordered Tokyo Medical University to pay damages totaling 18.26 million yen ($128,000) to 27 women who sat for entrance exams between 2006 and 2018 but were denied a place due to a long-standing practice of rigging test scores to favor male candidates.
A Japanese court on Friday ordered Tokyo Medical University to pay damages totaling around 18.26 million yen to 27 women who claimed the school rigged its entrance exams in favor of male candidates, depriving them of admission. In the lawsuit filed with the Tokyo District Court, a total of 28…