The return rush of people who spent the year-end and New Year holidays in their hometowns and other travel destinations has ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family waved from a balcony window to throngs of New Year’s well-wishers, some shouting, ...

East Asian countries including Japan, China and Taiwan welcomed the New Year with spectacular celebrations and firework ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito said he is praying for the happiness of people in Japan and the world in his first New Year's ...

For many non-Japanese, especially newcomers to Japan, many of the customs and traditions of New Year may seem hard to understand. New Year or oshogatsu is the most important holiday period in Japan ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted New Year’s well-wishers who gathered at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo Thursday ...

Around the world, people are eating certain foods on New Year's Eve, hoping to ensure that the upcoming year will be full of ...

During oshogatsu (Japanese New Year), people in Japan huddle outside of temples and shrines to pray for an auspicious year, hands warmed by steaming cups of amazake (fermented rice drink).

The chief executives of two of Japan’s biggest brokerages are expecting further advances in the nation’s shares after two ...

Chef Takashi Yagihashi honors his late father’s memory each year with ozoni, a traditional Japanese New Year’s soup made with ...

Ozoni, a Japanese soup with mochi, is traditionally eaten on New Year’s Day. This version from chef Takashi Yagihashi calls ...