This means back-to-school shopping is in full swing and incoming first-graders are lining up at stores around the country to get their first backpacks. Japanese elementary school children in Japan ...

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 ...

Now, their daughter, who attends a Japanese school, 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 ...

Japanese schools have long been notorious ... with children required to wear a uniform, all have the same school bags and identical colour and style of hair,” she said. “That was more than ...

While photographing the abandoned school, which still had homework pinned up on its walls, bags perched on the desks ... But I know the Japanese believe spirits stay where they belong.' ...

IN Japan, cultural expectations are repeatedly drilled into children at school and at home ... On the surface, at least, that can help Japanese society run smoothly. During the coronavirus ...

Moving the regulations aims to enhance coordination and efficiency of flood protection. Public Works is able to […] ...

Equipped with large rubbish bags ... drilled into Japanese people from early childhood. "Cleaning up after football matches is an extension of basic behaviours that are taught in school, where ...

Lucas Bravo talks playing Gabriel on Netflix's "Emily in Paris," the "hamster wheel" of Hollywood and how George Clooney became his mentor.

Anna Sawai hit stardom and an Emmy award for 'Shōgun,' effectively boosting her net worth. Here are the details.

Hard Times Writing Workshop: 3 p.m. Tuesday, Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Lighthouse Writers Workshop presents Hard Times Writing Workshops, offering a creative outlet for ...