For two decades, women have accounted for about 20 percent of enrollment at the University of Tokyo. The gender disparity extends across many top schools.Credit...Andrea DiCenzo for The New York Times TOKYO — From a young age, Satomi Hayashi studied hard and excelled academically. It seemed only natural that she would follow in her father’s footsteps and attend the University of Tokyo, Japan’s mos
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