Japanese junior and senior high school uniforms are undergoing a wave of major transformations not seen in decades, with some moving away from mass-producing designs. Some schools have also ...

Japan’s schools are loosening ... One example is Saga Prefectural Ureshino High School, which last year introduced what it calls a casual style summer uniform of polo shirt and shorts.

Restrictive uniforms ... “Seriously? So kids have no freedom of expression? This isn’t schooling,” read one Twitter post. There was similar scorn for the school on the Japan Today website ...