Japan has its share of rebellious teenagers and one of the most popular ways for youth to demonstrate their edginess is for them to deck themselves out in provocative uniforms.

Over the years, the practice of junior high school students sporting modern-day incarnations of tokkōfuku combat uniforms — long considered a symbol of motorcycle gangs — in lieu of their standard school outfits on the day of their annual graduation ceremonies has become an increasingly familiar spectacle.

A junior high school boy in Okayama Prefecture will deck himself out in this uniform on his graduation day Wednesday.
A junior high school boy in Okayama Prefecture will deck himself out in this uniform on his graduation day Wednesday. 'I've betrayed my parents, made them cry and caused them lots of trouble, but I swear this will be the last unfilial thing I'll do,' it reads. | COURTESY OF KAZUHIRO NAKAGAWACHI