These Japanese Advent Calendars Are Filled With Cakes, Cookies, and Candies — Grab Yours Before They Sell Out
These Japan-inspired ones don’t disappoint from Bokksu, Tokyo Treat, and Sugoi Mart are filled with so many delicate snacks ...
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Japanese samurai 'randoseru' backpack lets you carry bushido spirit with you wherever you go
That ethos is certainly evident in a new limited-edition backpack produced by Murase Kabanko, a Japanese bag manufacturer ...
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Murray McCory, creator of the school backpack, dies at 80
Murray McCory, JanSport co-founder and modern day backpack creator, has died at 80. McCory founded JanSport in 1967 with his then-future wife and later developed a way to make smaller, softer ...
Baseball returns to former Japanese American internment camp
In a California desert a few hours north of Dodger Stadium, Japanese Americans were held in camps during World War II, a dark ...
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All Over The Map: Forgotten Seattle origins of the JanSport school backpack
Seattle-based entrepreneur and inventor of the modern backpack, Murray McCory, died last month at the age of 80.
Kagiyama and Sakamoto lead Japanese sweep of men’s and women's short programs at NHK Trophy
Defending champion Yuma Kagiyama performed a near-flawless routine on Friday to lead a Japanese sweep of the men’s figure ...
Calls in Japan for more suicide prevention steps targeting schoolchildren’s mental health
Japanese culture experts urge authorities to do more after new data shows suicides among Japanese schoolchildren remain high ...
The Invention That Changed School Forever
Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory ...
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Japanese educators sample DODEA schools’ co-teaching methods on Okinawa
Bob Hope Elementary School fourth-grade teacher Tameko Kekiwi, left, works with Futenma Daini Elementary School teacher Kotono Arasaki to prepare a lesson at her school on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, on ...