Traditional methods and skilled craftsmanship come together to create durable Japanese school bags. From material selection ...

As Rintaro Sasaki begins his college baseball career at Stanford with all of Japan watching, he knows there will be growing ...

The city of Settsu, in Osaka Prefecture, marked the 50th anniversary this fiscal year since starting to give out original-design randoseru traditional school backpacks for free to all children ...

Japanese schoolchildren wear backpacks known as Randoseru. Though sturdily made, after the first 6 years they're no longer used. Nishikawa Masako takes such disused Randoseru brought in by clients ...

Drama, dreams: Japan's wildly popular school football breeds future stars Japan's national high school football tournament is thriving after more than 100 years, attracting huge crowds ...

A video of an argument between a pupil and a teacher at a Japanese high school that ends with the teacher punching the boy has gone viral, sparking a fierce debate over violence in schools and the ...

Teachers at a school in southern Japan are being mocked and condemned after a 14-year-old girl was punished for plucking her eyebrows. The student at a junior high ... same school bags and ...

HAMAMATSU--An unusual collaboration between a newspaper delivery shop and an eyewear accessory company here led to the development of "randoseru" school backpacks ... Japan as a result of the ...

(Mainichi/Tomohisa Yazu) OITA -- A high school in southwest Japan's Oita Prefecture gave extra points in its 2023 recommendation-based entrance exam to prospective students with achievements in ...