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 ...

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The U-turn rush of people who spent the New Year holidays in their hometowns or overseas began on Saturday with bullet trains ...

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Pounding and eating mochi offers good luck, health, prosperity and happiness.

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 ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about how the Japanese Emperor spends the first days of ...