At a repurposed school about 60 km (37 miles) southeast of Tokyo, participants pay about 35,000 yen ($245) to dress in classic Japanese school uniforms and attend calligraphy and other lessons.

They said they were jealous that Japanese girls could wear such cute school uniforms. In Thailand, since they sell Japanese magazines translated into Thai, they know of Japanese fashion and told me ...

(Mainichi/Tsuyoshi Goto) TOKYO -- "Girls wear skirts, boys wear pants," used to be the common expectation for school uniforms in Japan. But recently, students are being offered more options ...

Such school uniforms have become more common across Japan in recent years. Local students had requested that they wanted uniform choices other than skirts since they get cold in the winter and ...