The medical school is to pay damages to 13 women for rigging its tests in favor of male candidates, after what is believed to be the first ruling of its kind.
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).
Hidetoshi Tanaka, the disgraced former board chairman of Nihon University, was given a suspended sentence and ordered to pay a fine of 13 million yen ($105,000) for tax evasion.
The Tokyo District Court on Thursday sentenced a 30-year-old man to life in prison after he was convicted of killing a 35-year-old woman and burying her body in Tochigi Prefecture, in 2020. According to the ruling, Yoshito Sato strangled Saori Tomizuka, a contract worker, on Sept 24, 2020, Fuji TV…
A court ruling concerning alleged financial misconduct by Carlos Ghosn, former chairman of Nissan Motor Co., only increased the frustration and disappointment at his absence from the courtroom.