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 ...

Tucked next to roads running through school zones in Japan are some hand-painted mascots ... smaller vehicles — and those aforementioned road signs. The first "running boy" sign was designed ...

The global standard of a green light indicating “go” was set by the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals Treaty in 1968. Some countries, like the U.S. and Japan, never signed the ...