The traditional Japanese primary-school child's backpack has become the surprising must-have souvenir for foreign visitors to Japan this year. Known locally as - from the Dutch word for backpack ...

KOBE, Japan -- A leading maker of the distinctive boxy backpacks carried by Japanese schoolchildren has launched a line of bags for adults in Germany. The move marks Seiban's first expansion into ...

In all, more than 180,000 Japanese school backpacks have been donated and shipped overseas. Volunteers inspect used randoseru backpacks, June 10, 2017. (Photo by Ishikawa Takeshi) ...

Indeed, the rigid bags are strong enough to carry about three kilograms worth of books, papers and sundries (how many times have you spotted a tiny Japanese ... of the new school year every ...

Nearly every elementary school student in Japan carries a book bag known as a randoseru, a staple of Japanese childhood for close to 150 years. No one mandates that students use these backpacks ...

The Japanese academic year starts in spring, so it won’t be long until the new batch of first-graders head off to school carrying their boxy leather randoseru backpacks. It’ll be an emotional moment ...

TOKYO -- The "randoseru" traditional Japanese school backpack sales season is starting earlier, with some parents of children ...

Randoseru school backpacks are being made at Tsuchiya Kaban ... traditionally used by first to sixth grade students in Japan. Japanese original The easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi ...

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 ...

This photo provided by Seiban shows "randoseru" school backpacks in various colors. TOKYO -- The "randoseru" traditional Japanese school backpack sales season is starting earlier, with some ...