“They want to register for enrollment after getting an explanation about the uniforms,” said a school official. With sharp spurts of growth during the six-year period of elementary ...

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.

In recent years, there has been a movement across Japan to make school uniforms gender neutral ... the survey called on nurses at elementary, junior high and high schools in nine local bodies ...