Choking on mochi is so common that authorities offer tips every year on how to help someone who has the food lodged in their ...
Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako wave to well-wishers from a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo during a New ...
East Asian countries including Japan, China and Taiwan welcomed the New Year with spectacular celebrations and firework ...
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 ...
Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family waved from a balcony window to throngs of New Year’s well-wishers, some shouting, ...
A formal ceremony heralded the start of the Japan's sumo wrestling season at the Meiji Jingu shrine on Tuesday, two months ...
Around the world, people are eating certain foods on New Year's Eve, hoping to ensure that the upcoming year will be full of ...
Chef Takashi Yagihashi honors his late father’s memory each year with ozoni, a traditional Japanese New Year’s soup made with ...
Large Japanese firms are likely to increase wages by about 5% on average in 2025, the same as last year, the chair of a major ...
Members of a community preservation group in northern Japan have used cedar smoke to fumigate a traditional thatched house to ...
Ozoni, a Japanese soup with mochi, is traditionally eaten on New Year’s Day. This version from chef Takashi Yagihashi calls ...