By KYOTA TANAKA/ Staff Writer
May 19, 2022 at 17:58 JST
Juntendo University in Tokyo’s Bunkyo Ward (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The Tokyo District Court on May 19 ruled that Juntendo University discriminated against 13 women who took the medical school entrance exam and ordered it to pay them a total of 8.05 million yen ($62,580).
The 13 plaintiffs took the entrance test at the university, based in Tokyo’s Bunkyo Ward, between fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2018.
They said the exam was “unfair” and they were discriminated against due to their gender. The plaintiffs sought a total of 55 million yen in damages, including exam fees and other related costs, from the university.
It became known in 2018 that multiple universities treated women who took the entrance exams for their medical schools unfairly by setting up different criteria for male and female applicants.
It led to a series of lawsuits filed by former test takers.
A group of lawyers representing three class-action lawsuits said the Tokyo court’s decision was the first among the three.
The Consumers Organization of Japan, a Tokyo-based nonprofit group, had also sued Juntendo University, demanding it refund the entrance exam fees.
The district court in September 2021 ruled the university’s practice was “discriminatory” and ordered it to refund the fees.
The decision has been finalized.
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