NPR's Kelsey Snell talks with Japan-based reporter for Vice World News, Hanako Montgomery, about the lifting of decades-old school uniform rules in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Going to school ...

Traditional Japanese school uniforms show the influence ... University (now the University of Tokyo) in 1886. They are now worn principally by boys at junior high and high schools.

TOKYO - High school dating? No big deal in many parts of the world - but in Japan, it means something quite different. Here, "high school dating" matches girls in uniforms with men in their 40s and ...

This photo provided by the Shinagawa Ward Office shows school uniforms of the ward-run Hamakawa Junior High School. TOKYO -- The capital's Shinagawa Ward has announced it will offer free uniforms ...

TOKYO -- More than 80% of school nurses in a recent survey said they feel that gender-segregated uniforms for students ... on ...

Many boys' middle- and high-school uniforms are inspired by 19th-century ... My son walks to his elementary school by himself. While Tokyo is a very safe city, elementary students usually carry ...

High fashion has come to an elementary school in Tokyo’s ritzy ... Whether schools have uniforms or not varies widely among Tokyo’s 23 wards. In Taito Ward, which is home to historic ...

This year’s iteration of the annual Japanese High School ... the players’ uniforms. The tournament begins on March 18. Don't miss this unique opportunity to simultaneously dine and watch traditional ...

Almost all students from Taimei Elementary School in Tokyo’s upmarket Ginza district are now decked out in their stylish uniform designed by Italian luxury brand Armani, reported Japanese news ...

Eliminating these and implementing a uniform nationwide system would ... A survey conducted in December by the Tokyo Junior High School Headmasters' Association showed that the percentage of ...