TOKYO: A Japanese women's university said Tuesday it will admit transgender students who were born male but identify as female, a rare move in a country where LGBT rights lag behind other developed nations.
An official at the education ministry told AFP the move by Ochanomizu University in Tokyo was "likely unprecedented", though he could not confirm if it was a national first, and praised the decision.
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