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

The New Year is to see Japan well on the road to a new-born prosperity, with the Yen nearer its normal rate of exchange, a ...

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 ...

Millions of Japanese people will return to their home towns to be with their families, visit neighborhood shrines on Tuesday ...

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

Japan's weather authorities are calling on people returning from their new year holidays to brace for traffic disruptions.

I began making ozoni for my children and my wife every New Year’s at our home in Chicago. I don’t make osechi ryori — it’s a ...

This special time allows people to reflect on the year that has passed, acknowledge its challenges and triumphs, and look ...

The Pacific island nation of Kiribati was the first country to ring in 2025, its 133,500 citizens celebrating the new year at ...

A growing number of Japanese people appear to be breaking with the country's tradition of sending New Year's greeting cards, as rising prices of daily goods are forcing them to cut back on spending.

When the ball drops in New York City’s Times Square to herald the start of 2025, it’ll actually be late to the party as ...