Before the ministry’s directive, pupils from government schools were not required to wear school uniforms bearing the national flag. Announcing the change on Thursday, the ministry said the flag ...

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It’s been almost 20 years since I first visited Japan. Back then, I went to powder-tastic Niseko ... Anime was trending on my first visit, but were school uniforms a fashion statement? On this trip, I ...

Most shoes are sold as a matching pair in the same size, but Japan’s Tokutake Sangyo takes a different ... “When I first became the president, Tokutake Sangyo was manufacturing children’s school shoes ...

The number of people who died by suicide in Japan fell to its second-lowest level ... However, the number among elementary, junior high and high school students reached a record high, highlighting ...

Like the tagline of a horror film, the shoes... had teeth. At the Japanese label Doublet’s ... As a teenager, his parents sent him to boarding school in the south of England.

Police in Japan will stop issuing uniform skirts to female officers from April, nearly 50 years after they were first introduced. Uniform design, color and materials are stipulated in regulations ...