Med school admits it altered tests to keep women out

TOKYO - A Tokyo medical school on Tuesday admitted entrance test scores for female applicants were routinely altered to keep women out and apologized for the discrimination after a probe.

"We betrayed the public trust. We want to sincerely apologize for this," Tokyo Medical University managing director Tetsuo Yukioka told reporters as he bowed deeply.

Such alterations "should never happen", said Keisuke Miyazawa, vice-president of the university, pledging next year's entrance exams would be fair without giving further details.