“I won’t let my son wear his randoseru [backpack] to school from now on because people will know he is Japanese.” Said a 36-year-old mother of two young children, “We’ll try not to speak ...

Now, their daughter, who attends a Japanese school, carries a backpack instead of a Randoseru (a sturdy Japanese school bag) that would instantly mark her as Japanese. A 44-year-old Japanese man ...

Randoseru is a traditional school bag made of leather and other materials. Most elementary school children in Japan carry a randoseru, but the backpack is notorious for its prices and for being heavy.

Japan condemns ‘despicable act’ committed against the 10-year-old boy who was on his way to the Shenzhen Japanese School. A 10-year-old boy has died after being stabbed on his way to the ...

TOKYO — A 10-year-old student at a Japanese school in China died Thursday after he was stabbed on the way to school the day before, Japanese officials said as they demanded that Beijing do more ...

A 44-year-old man was in custody, the police said, after the child was attacked Wednesday. Other Japanese schools in China urged caution. By Vivian Wang and Kiuko Notoya Vivian Wang reported from ...

BEIJING — An assailant stabbed and wounded a student at a Japanese school in south China on Wednesday (Sept 18), China's foreign ministry said, the second such attack involving Japanese ...

Chinese authorities said the 10-year-old boy was a Japanese national born to a Japanese father and a Chinese mother, and he had been stabbed on his way to school at about 8 a.m. (0000 GMT) on ...

BEIJING -- A 10-year-old Japanese student who was stabbed near his school in southern China has died, officials in Tokyo said Thursday, asking Beijing to provide details of the stabbing and take ...

A Japanese primary school student was attacked by a man in Shenzhen, southern China's Guangdong Province, on Wednesday morning, Kyodo News reported. The student, who was on his way to school ...