The life-preserving backpack is the brainchild of newspaper delivery agent Joji Shimizu who was left dumbfounded by the loss of life at a public elementary school in northeastern Japan as a ...

But why do Japanese children still carry these traditional backpacks ... sometimes even a year before school begins. The bags ...

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 ...

YOKOHAMA -- 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-year male student's backpack during ... students ...