Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the Imperial ...

Two elderly men in Japan choked to death on mochi rice cakes as part of a New Year’s tradition that authorities have issued ...

Choking on mochi is so common that authorities offer tips every year on how to help someone who has the food lodged in their ...

Ozoni, a Japanese soup with mochi, is traditionally eaten on New Year’s Day. This version from chef Takashi Yagihashi calls ...

The cocktail club currently has 13 locations in Japan, with several more scheduled to open by the end of February, including ...

The new AirTag is to celebrate the Japanese Year of the Snake, but there are only 50,000 of them, and they are part of a ...

During oshogatsu (Japanese New Year), people in Japan huddle outside of temples and ... Amazake acts as a natural sweetener, so the only added sugar here is in the caramel — a dark, fragrant sauce ...

Before the earthquake changed everything, 83-year-old Sueko Naka from Japan's remote Noto Peninsula wished to live out her ...

If you ever get the chance, go to Japan to see some fights on New Year’s Eve. It doesn’t matter who’s fighting. Maybe it’ll be someone in full cosplay gear. Maybe a nearly 50-year-old ...

Australia welcomed the new year with a 12-minute fireworks show featuring ... Festivities also lit up East Asian countries including Japan, China, and the Philippines, where people in the capital ...