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A man has a lawsuit against an all-women's university in Japan after they his application to the university because he is male. The unnamed man Fukuoka Women's University is against him based on his gender. He also the university's policy of admitting female-only students is unconstitutional. The Japanese constitution that all citizens have an equal right to education. He wants the university to his application to study and pay him 660,000 yen in damages for the anguish by the rejection. It is the first time in Japan that someone is a national or public women's university over its constitutionality.

The man he has a good case. He said the women's university was one of his only options to a career as a dietician. He said: "If my application is , the path to become a dietitian would be narrow as I will be to go to a university [far away]." The man's lawyer said women-only universities anachronistic in today's world. He said: "In the past, women's universities the role of giving preferential treatment to women who fewer opportunities for education, but that role no longer necessary." A university official said: "We have a 91-year history of promoting women's education. We are determined to continue to education to women for leadership roles."