2022 Rewind: Japan's strict school rules restrict hair, underwear colors and dating December 28 ブランドコピー時計  2022 (Mainichi Japan) The year 2022 saw a score of news articles on how Japanese schools implement "black" rules, or unreasonably strict restrictions on the color of students' hair or underwear ブランドコピー財布  dating, and even friendly chats during lunch. But we have also noticed a shift ブランド激安市場  in which such rules are lifted. Check out these 10 articles, and find out what is going on in the school system. * * * A high school student whose hair is brown due to years of swimming is seen on May 24, 2022. (Mainichi/Kenji Tatsumi) KOBE -- A 16-year-old high school student has claimed that a teacher yanked her hair while reprimanding her over her brown locks, sources close to the matter have told the Mainichi Shimbun. Full story. The plaintiff's parents are seen during a news conference in the city of Kumamoto's Chuo Ward after the Kumamoto District Court ruling on May 30, 2022. (Mainichi/Yuki Kurisu) > KYOTO -- Students and parents in Japan are voicing serious concerns over the former being instructed to strip to the waist for elementary and junior high school health checkups, saying it can be an embarrassing or even traumatic experience for some children. Full story. Members of the Chiba Bar Association's children's rights committee present the results of their school rules survey in the city of Chiba's Chuo Ward on Sept. 1, 2022. (Mainichi/Tatsuya Naganuma) CHIBA -- Some 65% of municipalities in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, have public junior high schools with rules on underwear color スーパーブランドコピー  a survey on controversial school rules has revealed. Full story. Footmark Corp.'s "Shine Guard" long-sleeved swimsuit is seen in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on July 7, 2022. (Mainichi/Maki Nakajima) TOKYO -- While swimming classes have been resumed at many Japanese schools for the first time in three years, parents have been confused over some schools' rules regarding the usage of rash guards, which require them to submit papers or talk with the principal to gain permission. Full story. Students are seen eating lunch in silence at Kego Elementary School in the city of Fukuoka on June 9, 2022. (Mainichi/Noriko Tokuno) Japan's education ministry released a notification on Nov. 29 confirming that students are allowed to talk with each other during lunch time if schools take appropriate COVID-19 countermeasures. Full story. (Getty Images) SHISO, Hyogo -- A high school in this western Japan city will introduce split-skirt culottes as a uniform option from the 2023 academic year beginning in April. Full story. This March 12, 2021 photo shows papers that some Tokyo metropolitan high schools require students to submit to prove that their hair is naturally brown or curly. (Mainichi/Hitomi Saikawa) TOKYO -- Controversial school rules including on underwear color and dyeing hair black will be abolished from public high schools and other educational institutions run by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government during the 2022 academic year スーパーコピーバッグ  the Mainichi Shimbun has learned. Full story. (Getty Images) TOKYO -- As unreasonably strict school rules continue to cause controversy in Japan, a junior high school in Tokyo has done away with rules altogether. The Mainichi Shimbun interviewed Yokohama Soei Junior & High School Principal Yuichi Kudo, who also advanced a no-homework, no-exam policy at Kojimachi Junior High School, to ask him about how rules came to be abolished during his time as principal at Kojimachi. Full story. Font Size SML Print Go to The Mainichi Home Page Related Articles 2022 Rewind: 10 stories from Japan worth reading again 2022 Rewind: From noodles to insects, Japan's love affair with vending machines continues 2022 Rewind: Creative initiatives in Japan to combat food, plastic waste 2022 Rewind: Japan's post-retirement heroes 2022 Rewind: Heroes and helpers honored in Japan 2022 Rewind: Japan's traditional festivals return for 1st time in 3 yrs after COVID break 2022 Rewind: From stadium offices to Tokyo exodus, pandemic transforms Japan's work style