The Yomiuri ShimbunUniversity of Tokyo President Teruo Fujii, left, apologizes at a press conference in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday. The University of Tokyo apologized Wednesday for a series of corruption cases involving faculty at its medical school and affiliated hospital. “We have significantly undermined society’s trust in us, and I deeply apologize from the bottom of my heart,” President Teruo Fujii said at a press conference. The university also announced disciplinary actions, including the dismissal on Monday of Professor Shinichi Sato of the Graduate School of Medicine, who was arrested on suspicion of taking bribes. Three of these cases involved with excessive sums of money, and the university is considering disciplinary actions against those involved.