TOKYO -- Getting a "randoseru" school backpack just before entering grade one is a major childhood milestone in Japan, and choosing just the right one to last the entire six-year span of ...

Thousands of fans in Japan have bid an emotional farewell to four giant pandas. The pandas, a mother and her three daughters, ...

Yuji Moriyama and Fumiya Kosemura suspected to be members of online chat group of schoolteachers with shared interest in ...

Police have arrested two primary school teachers in Japan for taking and sharing indecent images of young girls in a chat ...

After two years of using the same backpack, users can pay a 3,300-yen ($23) fee to keep it. Additionally, there are rental plans without exchanges, such as 8,800 yen ($60) for 60 days or 11,000 ...

Porter's new collection encompasses five silhouettes. But each is designed to be the last pack you'll ever need.

REMOTE-controlled cyborg beetles wearing microchip backpacks could be used to save lives in horror disasters. Two boffins at ...

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Sharks and stingrays will be in the spotlight for Shark and Ray Day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Cameron Park Zoo, 1701 ...

GoRuck and Carryology, giants in the everyday carry world, come together yet again to expand their stunning samurai-inspired ...

Seiko Hashimoto has been elected president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, becoming the first woman to head the body. She ...