Higashi-Omi, Japan ... signs have become the go-to line of defense for towns and PTAs looking to protect pint-sized pedestrians on residential streets. "Running Boy" was born in 1973, when road ...

HIKONE, Shiga -- Fifty years have passed since boy-shaped signs began their traffic safety vigil over roadsides in west Japan ... children running out onto the road. Hisada departed from the ...