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Women outperform men after Japan medical school stops rigging exam scores

Juntendo University says abolishing unfair treatment of women is behind rise in entrance exam scores
It was the first time in seven years that the pass rate among women at Juntendo University was higher than among men, it was reported. Photograph: imagenavi/Getty Images

Women have outperformed their male counterparts in entrance examinations for a medical school in Japan that last year admitted rigging admission procedures to give men an unfair advantage.

Juntendo University in Tokyo said that of the 1,679 women who took its

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