Tokyo University to Accept Transgender Students from 2020
A national women’s university in Tokyo will start accepting students in April 2020 who were assigned male at birth but identify as female. The education ministry said it believes Ochanomizu University will become Japan’s first women’s university to accept transgender students. Ochanomizu, founded in 1875, was also the country’s first institution of higher education for women. Ochanomizu officials said recently that they will hold a news conference soon to explain the details of the admissions changes, including how the university will confirm whether an applicant is a transgender. The school issued a statement saying it intends to accept “transgender students who hope to study at a women’s university based on their gender identity.” Women’s universities in Japan have previously restricted applicants to those registered as females under the family register system. Many of the schools, including Tsuda University and Japan Women’s University, both in Tokyo, are considering modifying their admissions…
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