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.

The first institute to introduce this kind of uniform was the Imperial University (now the University of Tokyo) in 1886. They are now worn principally by boys at junior high and high schools.

TOKYO -- The capital's Shinagawa Ward has announced it will offer free uniforms for all students entering ward-run junior high schools from the 2026 academic year onward. There will be no income ...

Nationwide, private school students make up around 35 percent of all high school students. In Tokyo, the figure rises to about 60 percent. In Osaka, it stands at around 40 percent.

Many boys' middle- and high-school uniforms are inspired by 19th-century Prussian military jackets, while girls often wear "sailor" uniforms modeled on British Royal Navy uniforms. My son walks to ...

Taimei Elementary School was previously under fire for introducing an expensive uniform designed by high fashion brand Armani. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

High fashion has come to an elementary school in Tokyo’s ritzy Ginza district, not that anybody in the neighborhood seems to have noticed. The kids are decked out in Armani. The school uniform ...

TOKYO -- The capital's Shinagawa Ward has announced it will offer free uniforms for all students entering ward-run junior high schools from the 2026 a ...