told “CBS Sunday Morning” that New Year’s Day is considered the most important holiday in Japan, with mochi serving as an integral delicacy to the celebration. Mochi is notoriously sticky ...

As the clock strikes midnight Dec. 31, the world starts to celebrate the New Year. This celebration often includes traditions, music, food and family. Each country has its own way to celebrate and ...

Festivities also lit up East Asian countries including Japan, China ... Reuters reported. New year celebrations in South Korea, meanwhile, were cancelled as a mark of respect for those who ...

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 renaissance of industry and foreign trade and a restored confidence in ...

Chief meteorologist Tony Cavalier looks ahead to a frigid Friday then “thaw by day, freeze by night” cycle into next week. Police in Lawrence County, Ohio, say a man they considered armed and ...

On Saturday, the Nassau County Office of Asian American Affairs will host a Lunar New Year’s celebration at the Tilles Center ...

We are delighted to invite you to our special New Year’s event, “The Japanese New Year Celebration in Washington” at George Mason University Mason Square. Join us for a day filled with ...

Food is also symbolic for the Vietnamese Lunar New Year. In the North, Banh Chung, a sticky rice cake with banana leaves, is ...

(Source: POOL) A New York man has been sentenced to four and a half years in federal prison for dealing drugs in Burlington.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Happy New Year! Australia, Japan, Hong Kong welcome 2025: See pictures of celebrations ...

A projection mapping is displayed on the surface of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building to celebrate the New Year in Tokyo, Japan Jan. 1, 2025. People react during a countdown event to ...