A year-end rite that can trace its roots back more than 1,000 years is disappearing as people have less free time, feel less connected to work colleagues and prefer to send New Year greetings via ...

“Sanseido Kokugo Jiten kara Kieta Kotoba Jiten” (literally, dictionary of words that have disappeared from the Sanseido Japanese Dictionary), co-edited by Yukinori Kenbo, provides a catalogue of ...

Like the Christmas or holiday cards sent in many Western countries, nengajo are postcards sent to friends, family and even businesses to welcome in the New Year and ask for everyone’s continued ...

Japanese nengajo (年賀状), or New Year greetings cards, are a fun and easy way to show your appreciation to everyone you care about over the holidays. They’re also a great way to send cool Japanese ...

In November 1988, Japan's printing companies were left scratching their collective heads over what to designate the coming year. For wall, desktop and pocket calendars utilizing the Western system of ...

As holiday season approaches, people are beginning to start thinking about sending out New Year's greeting postcards to relatives and friends. JP Post guarantees that all cards marked as nengajo will ...

The estimated number of New Year’s cards delivered on Jan. 1 plunged 34 percent from a year ago--the steepest decline in more than 10 years--following a hike in postage fees. Japan Post Co. said Jan.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 'nengajo' tradition can be traced back to Japan's Heian period (794-1192) when the aristocratic classes would send greetings ...

The ‘nengajo’ tradition can be traced back to Japan’s Heian period (794-1192) when the aristocratic classes would send greetings to one another to mark the lunar new yearImage: picture alliance / ...