HAMAMATSU--An unusual collaboration between a newspaper delivery shop and an eyewear accessory company here led to the development of "randoseru" school backpacks ... Japan as a result of the ...

Japanese elementary school children in ... while it does encourage younger students to wear backpacks, such as randoseru, so their arms are free to break falls, it has no regulations mandating ...

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 ...

Most elementary school children in Japan carry a randoseru, but the backpack is notorious for its prices and for being heavy. A randoseru cost an average of 56,425 yen ($407) in 2022, about 4,000 ...

The final exhibition encouraging owners to collect items that were swept away by the tsunami following the 2011 Great East Japan E ...