Since most Japanese schools don’t have personal lockers ... Randoseru is more than a school bag; it’s a cultural icon that ...

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 ...

The Randoseru Association says the tradition of the Japanese school bag started at an educational institute in Tokyo called Gakushuin, founded in 1877. The institute was founded on an ideal of ...

A teacher at a public junior high school in Kanagawa Prefecture has been suspended for six months after attaching a dog leash to a first-y ...

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 ...

carries a backpack instead of a Randoseru (a sturdy Japanese school bag) that would instantly mark her as Japanese. A 44-year-old Japanese man, who lives in Beijing with his Chinese wife and 9 ...