Tokyo and Kyoto police have asked Yahoo! Japan to provide access records to help identify the culprits, the Yomiuri Shimbun said in its evening edition. -- PHOTO: AP
TOKYO - POLICE asked Yahoo! Japan on Tuesday to assist them in their hunt for tech-savvy cheats who used the Internet giant to help in gruelling entrance exams for elite universities.
At least one applicant is believed to have used a mobile phone to send exam questions to Yahoo's question-and-answer site Chiebukuro ('Pearls of Wisdom'), where the queries were answered while the exam was still in progress.
The cheating - believed to have taken place at four top universities in Tokyo and Kyoto in recent spring exams - has made national headlines.
The exams are the culmination of an intensely competitive school system and a highly stressful time for candidates because graduating from a top college or university has long been a virtual guarantee of a well-paid job.
Tokyo and Kyoto police have asked Yahoo! Japan to provide access records to help identify the culprits, the Yomiuri Shimbun said in its evening edition.
The online queries, including on maths and English exam questions, were posted by a user with the online name 'aicezuki', possibly an accomplice of a candidate who cooperated from outside the exam halls. -- AFP
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