Starting this past July, Japan began charging for single-use plastic bags in stores across the country. The move, intended to curb plastic usage and reduce pollution, has been hailed as a good step in ...

Retailers in Japan began charging for plastic bags on Wednesday, a move aimed at curbing Japanese consumers' love for packaging and finally bringing the country in line with other major economies.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan is running short of plastic bags, food trays, rubber gloves and packaging materials as the war in Iran disrupts supplies of ...

As per Japanese tradition, Apple has started handing out its Fukubukuro (a.k.a. “Lucky Bags”) to customers at its brick-and-mortar retail stores in Japan — giving some fortunate buyers massive ...

Grade schoolers across Japan carry leather backpacks called “randoseru” (ランドセル). Traditionally, kids have carried one of two colors: black for boys, and red for girls. In recent years, however, that’s ...