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 Viewcomments 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, academics claimed. Women have outperformed men in entrance exams for Tokyo's Juntendo University (pictured) - after it stopped rigging the results to favour male applicants However, the university later backtracked and said it had changed its system. As a result 8.3 per cent of female applicants passed the exam this year, compared to 7.7 per cent of men, Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun reported. 'This is a result of abolishing the unfair treatment of female applicants and repeat applicants,' a university spokesman told the newspaper. The scandal broke last year after it emerged that a different school, Tokyo Medical University, had been lowering women's scores. They had changed the results in order to keep the proportion of women in the student body down to 30 per cent, it was claimed. University bosses reportedly cited concerns that women would leave the medical profession to have children. The manipulation was revealed during a probe into the alleged 'backdoor entry' of an education ministry bureaucrat's son. A third university, Kitasato, also acknowledged it had favoured men. St Marianna University of Medicine, a fourth university, was also accused by a government probe but denied wrongdoing. Japan's education ministry called the scandal 'grave' and 'deeply regrettable' and urged universities to take action. Read more: Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility