Japanese randoseru school bags may be a trendy bag shape outside of the nation, but within the nation, they’re pretty standard, including the color and design range. Once in a while a cool ...

You may have heard of the leather, boxy school bag that Japanese elementary school kids use. Called randoseru in Japanese, these bags are expensive–sometimes exorbitantly so–but usually made of ...

School bags are big business in Japan as classes start for another year The iconic Japanese school bag has spawned an entire industry of its own, with manufacturers offering an endless range of ...

TOKYO -- The top future job pick for girls in their last year of elementary school is "manga artist/illustrator," while the most popular choice for boys is "athlete," a survey by a Japanese school bag ...