Kyoto, Japan, March 11, 2026 (AFP) - Shabby beauty: Inside Japan's oldest, defiant student dorm

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2026-03-11

Graffiti defaces tattered clay walls and trash piles up in Japan's oldest student dormitory, but Masako Ueda is savouring every last moment in the mice-infested building slated for temporary closure. The elite Kyoto University's "Yoshida Dorm" is self-governed by students, who treasure it as a bastion of free thinking away from the strict hierarchies that permeate many Japanese institutions. But the dorm has had to fight to keep its autonomy, and......

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