By ETSUKO AKUZAWA/ Staff Writer
September 19, 2021 at 10:30 JST
Children join a demonstration for the "randoseru" school backpack that can be used as a makeshift flotation device at a pool in Hamamatsu's Nishi Ward. (Provided by Sakae Shokai)
HAMAMATSU--An unusual collaboration between a newspaper delivery shop and an eyewear accessory company here led to the development of "randoseru" school backpacks that can be used as makeshift emergency flotation devices if children get caught in a tsunami or heavy flooding. [Read More]
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