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 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 ...

One year after their impressive first ascent of Ghamubar Zom V, Yudai Suzuki, Kei Narita, and Yuu Nishida of Japan returned ...

The Tabby is a classic, based on a design from the 1970s. It comes in several colors of pebble leather, and the strap can be ...

For L.G.B.T.Q. people in Japan, to live openly is a radical act. Figuring out who they are can be an isolating struggle. We spoke with eight Japanese about how they discovered their identities. But ...

The cotton was used in an activity where students put their hands in a box to determine what was inside, the lawsuit said.

Rice is in short supply at supermarkets in Japan. During late August, an NHK crew visited a store in Tokyo that usually sells about 10 varieties. But all it had in stock were 16 bags of a single ...

Police in Onojo City, Fukuoka Prefecture, have arrested a 51-year-old man on suspicion of robbery after he stole a 23-year-old woman’s eco-bag containing her wallet, smartphone and shopping items. The ...

There, just outside the window of my room in the snow bum lodge in Hakuba, Japan, stood some of the most magnificent peaks, ...

An English teacher at a public junior high school in Fukuoka Prefecture said it must be difficult for students to express their opinions and reasons on a social issue even in Japanese. Under the ...

(Photo by Alessandro Di Ciommo/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Japan is set to criminalize the recreational use of cannabis while legalizing medical use. The decision, announced last week, will take ...

The startup said it plans to expand to the UK, Germany, France, Japan, Australia ... a 2% share of global exports by 2025 as there is high growth potential for India in exports of plastic ...