Before Marie Kondo stormed into the global consciousness, Hideko Yamashita taught Japan the art of creating tidier spaces.

The backpack is a popular choice of carry bag, particularly when lugging bits and pieces to and from work, university or ...

a school bag. Whether plain black, shocking pink, or patterned in every colour of the rainbow, the bags slung over the shoulders of South African schoolchildren may all look similar to the untrained ...

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

There is a new Birkin bag lookalike that has taken the internet and budget-conscious bag lovers by storm and, best of all, it costs only a fraction of the price of the famed luxury bag.

Tomiko Itooka, a 116-year-old Japanese woman recognized as the world's oldest person, has died of old age, an official of the western Japan city of Ashiya where she lived said Saturday. Born on May 23 ...

It’s the Walmart “Birkin” bag. If you’re wondering what exactly the Walmart version of the famed Hermès bag could possibly be, you aren’t alone. Over the course of a few short weeks ...

Kosuke Okahara for The New York Times Supported by By Clay Risen One afternoon in February 1891, a Japanese chemist named Jokichi Takamine arrived by train in Peoria, Ill. He was there at the ...

For years now, thrifty shoppers have been able to buy pre-owned Birkin bags on Walmart, an irony for anyone familiar with the luxury bag worth a $30,000-plus price tag. It’s hard to imagine that ...

In Fox’s opinion, having two different options on hand is ideal: one with essentials to sustain your family for three days in a backpack or tote bag, and a more substantial option stocked with two ...