Medical education in Japan was deeply affected by the German system before World War II and by that of the United States after the War. The post-war reform of the education system introduced internships and the national examination. Extensive criticism of the former triggered intensive campus strife nationwide around 1968. In 1970, the creation of new faculties of medicine in universities was approved by the Government, and 34 faculties were founded in the following decade. As a result, the number of the universities that have a faculty of medicine has reached 80, including those with preexisting faculties. Today, these faculties are producing 7, 000 medical graduates a year, and about 30% of them are women.
