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A man has filed a against an all-women's university in Japan after they rejected his to join the university because he is . The unnamed man claims Fukuoka Women's University is discriminating against him based on his . He also claims the university's of admitting female-only students is unconstitutional. The Japanese states that all have an right to education. He wants the university to accept his application to study and pay him 660,000 yen in for the anguish caused by the rejection. It is the first time in Japan that someone is suing a or public women's university over its constitutionality.

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