Last month, 24 women demanded that the school pay them 100,000 yen ($880) each in damages for “emotional distress”, along with their exam fees and travel expenses. Hayashi has announced that it has offered places to women whose examination scores were reduced in order to restrict the admission of female students. The scandal, which also saw the scores of male candidates increased and which had been ongoing for over a decade , was exposed over a decade . The school claimed that female doctors tended to leave medicine when they had children, leading to staff shortages. University president Yukiko Hayashi apologised for the scandal and confirmed that dozens women who had been excluded over earlier this year would start their studies next April .
Hayashi has announced that it has offered places to women whose examination scores were reduced in order to restrict the admission of female students. The scandal, which also saw the scores of male candidates increased and which had been ongoing for over a decade , was exposed over a decade . The school claimed that female doctors tended to leave medicine when they had children, leading to staff shortages. University president Yukiko Hayashi apologised for the scandal and confirmed that dozens women who had been excluded over earlier this year would start their studies next April .