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 ...

5 shops to get awesome back-to-school stationery - including cute sushi-shaped erasers! When considering which type of bag to use, Yeung says YP readers should consider the weight and how long you ...

restaurants in Japan generally don’t provide doggie bags. In the end, my friend surreptitiously slipped his leftover hunk of meat into a plastic bag he happened to have on him, which he then stuffed ...

About 130 high school students on Sept. 21 stood on this west Japan city's iconic Kintai Bridge, designated as a national ...

Tokyo demanded that Beijing take “all possible measures” to ensure the safety of Japanese nationals after the attack, the ...

A Japanese high school that once served as an academy for ethnically Korean students won the nation's youth baseball tournament Friday, drawing congratulations from South Korea's president. But ...

The Montgomery Public School District now requires students to have clear backpacks as an anti-gun violence safety measure.

Japan's ambassador to Beijing has asked for more security for Japanese nationals in China after a 10-year-old Japanese boy ...

Officers acting on a tip located parts of a handgun among other contraband in a 14-year-old student’s backpack at Ocoee High ...

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

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 ...