School uniforms in Japan are often sold through a handful of specific vendors designated by schools. - AFP
THE cost of school uniforms weighs heavily on many a parent’s budget, and in Japan authorities have got involved, raiding one of the country’s biggest department stores on suspicion of price collusion.
Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores and its subsidiary were raided by the Japan Fair Trade Commission, according to the firms’ parent J. Front Retailing.
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