A small truck drove into a group of four elementary school girls on bicycles in central Japan on Monday, killing one and ...

Rumiko Akutsu, 74, supports children who have come from abroad as a Japanese language instructor at an elementary school in Shibata, Niigata ...

Japanese elementary school children in Japan have used traditional school satchels, or randoseru, for over a century. The square design is instantly recognizable and triggers feelings of nostalgia ...

Randoseru, the traditional Japanese school bag, dates back to the Meiji era and symbolizes discipline and educational growth.For Japanese kids, the randoseru is more than just a bag—it’s a ...

More than 8,000 foreign children of elementary and junior high school age in Japan were apparently not receiving a formal education as of May last year, figures show. Basic resident registers ...

And since many Japanese parents give their grade-school children access to cellphones and the Line app for family messaging purposes, younger and younger children are being exposed to the hazards ...

A survey shows many physicians do not want to be involved in schools' annual checkups out of concern that parents do not want ...

Sensei Mikio Toki is a true master. He traveled from Tokyo to D.C. to teach children through the National Cherry Blossom Festival’s Kites in the Classroom program.

Whenever we come across pictures of Japanese school kids, we might have noticed something unique about their school bags.