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 ...

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 ...

The company used its accumulated technologies and high-performance ... a traditional school bag made of leather and other materials. Most elementary school children in Japan carry a randoseru ...

When I first went to Australia to study, I confidently packed a water bottle and drank freely, something I never did during ...

High-school seniors may be on the cusp of adulthood -- dating, driving and applying to colleges - but they're opting for very childish book bags for back-to-school. They’re going “back” in time.

In Japan, more and more children are refusing ... the government announced that absenteeism among elementary and junior high school students had hit a record high, with 164,528 children absent ...

A Japanese high school that once served as an academy for students of Korean descent won the country's youth baseball tournament on Friday, receiving congratulations from South Korean President ...

BEIJING -- A 10-year-old Japanese student who was stabbed near his school in southern China has died, officials in Tokyo said Thursday, asking Beijing to provide details of the stabbing and take ...

A team with ties to the ethnic Korean community for the first time has won Japan's famous high school baseball tournament, known as Koshien. Kyoto International High School on Friday won the coveted ...

Students of the Niceville High NaGISA program are asking for community support to cover costs associated with a trip to Japan ...

TOKYO (AP) — A team with ties to the ethnic Korean community for the first time has won Japan's famous high school baseball ...