Women outperform men after Japan stops rigging medical school exams in favour of males Tokyo's Juntendo University was one of three universities that admitted fixing It initially defended the practice, asserting that women 'mature faster mentally' But it has since backtracked and said more women than men passed this year
By Tim Stickings For Mailonline
Published: 16:49 BST, 19 June 2019 | Updated: 16:49 BST, 19 June 2019
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Women have outperformed men in entrance exams for a Japanese medical school - after it stopped rigging the results to favour male applicants.
Tokyo's Juntendo University was one of three top institutions which admitted they had fixed their results.
Juntendo even tried to justify the practice, declaring that women 'mature faster mentally' and saying they had tried to 'narrow the gap with male students'.
Women had 'higher communication skills' and were therefore at an advantage in interviews,
