TOKYO: 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 on Wednesday by the Japan Fair Trade Commission, according to the firms’ parent J. Front Retailing. "We take this situation very seriously and will fully cooperate with the inspection," J. Front Retailing said in a brief statement. The department store chain, along with several other local vendors, is suspected of colluding to keep prices high for uniforms for five public high schools in Aichi region in central Japan. School uniforms in Japan are often sold through a handful of specific vendors designated by schools.
Uniforms are usually more expensive than regular clothes, costing around 30,000 to 35,000 yen ($280 to $320) for a set. Wednesday’s raid is the latest in a series of occasional anti-trust cases launched in connection with Japan’s vast and tradition-bound uniform industry.
Many Japanese schools have their own unique uniforms, as do many workers, including police officers, garbage collectors, train drivers and employees at the country’s ubiquitous convenience stores.
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