Women's university in Tokyo to accept transgender students

A national women's university in Tokyo said Monday it will start from April 2020 accepting students born male but who identify themselves as female.Ochanomizu University, Japan's first institution of higher education for women with a 142-year history, is believed to become the first women's university in the country to accept transgender students, according to the education ministry.Women's universities in Japan have restricted applicants to those registered as women under the country's family register system.But many of the universities, including Tsuda University and Japan Women's Univers…READ FULL ARTICLE