The first phase of Panasonic Energy’s nearly 5-million-square-foot electric vehicle battery factory is officially open in De ...

Hundreds from around the world gathered Monday to celebrate the grand opening of the Panasonic electric vehicle battery plant ...

The annual celebration, highlighted with an ancient rice-pounding ceremony, shares Japanese tradition with the larger Chicago community.

The sake Kagami Biraki involves presenting a wooden barrel of iwai-zake (“celebration sake”) to the celebrants at the beginning of the event.

During the New Year, Kagami Mochi is frequently offered to the gods on altars in homes. Families officially break and consume the mochi on January 11, which is known as "Kagami Biraki," in hopes ...

Mimaki USA, a global industry leader of wide-format inkjet printers and cutters, announced the opening of its new Technology Center located in Gardena, a suburb of Los Angeles.

Japanese CEOs led the crowd in a traditional Kagami Biraki ceremony. “We try to break the Sake barrel, then we would actually distribute Sake, real Sake,” said Futamura USA President Gen Sato.

The Kagami-Biraki ceremony, which translates in English to “opening the mirror,” is a 300-year-old Japanese tradition of cracking open a barrel to signify the start of a successful endeavor ...

The kagami-biraki ceremonial opening of a sake barrel on a celebratory occasion, once a common sight, is today increasingly rare. Sake barrels are not simply utilitarian vessels; they also impart ...