Wakako Kondoh Burk at bride school in Yokosuka, Japan in 1957. The American Red Cross created “Bride Schools” to teach Japanese women how to be an “American” wife and mother. (Photo courtesy of ...

TOKYO -- Back in the 1980s, a wedding reception in Japan was something to see. Brides changed clothes two or three times. The guests -- and there were often hundreds -- were treated to expensive ...