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A Japanese teenager is accused of using high-tech glasses to cheat on a university entrance exam.
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An 18-year-old university applicant took the following exam. Waseda University in Tokyo During February.
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The questions were allegedly filmed using smart glasses equipped with cameras.
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Ahead of the exam, he allegedly paid people online to be “tutors” and tasked them with answering questions that were eventually sent to them.
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Submitted by Waseda Filing criminal charges in hopes of deterring future wrongdoing.
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The person who allegedly cheated was a third-year high school student in Tokyo who took the entrance exam for Waseda University’s School of Creative Science and Engineering on February 16.
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During another examination at the Faculty of Commerce on February 21, an employee reportedly noticed a small camera in the frame of his glasses. The university then contacted local authorities to report the incident.
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The student allegedly asked X number of users for help during the exam in exchange for several thousand yen each.
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Police said the student wore glasses and sent the images to a smartphone he kept in his pocket, secretly sending them to his “tutor.”
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The student was referred to prosecutors on Thursday on suspicion of interfering with the business of a private university.
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Waseda University said the person providing the answers did not know they were answering actual exam questions.
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Although the boy was not admitted to university, he reportedly expressed remorse and admitted his actions were “worse than cheating.”
What’s next:
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Local prosecutors will determine possible charges. Waseda University said it would “take strict measures” to maintain a fair testing environment.
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