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 ...

Apple's annual "Back to School" promotion has launched in Japan today after returning earlier this month in Australia, New ...

The Archbishop's Jan. 29 letter praised the rich heritage of the Asian community and expressed hope that the Lunar New Year ...

Wisps and clouds of smoke rose into the air at Buddhist and Daoist temples around Asia on Wednesday as people lit incense to ...

Lunar Remastered Collection, containing two classic JRPGs, is coming this spring with updated gameplay, graphics, and a new ...

and a 100-year odyssey through previous lifetimes for them to finally come together. Talks are ongoing with two high-profile Hollywood actors, in addition to further Japanese talent, who will join ...

Lunar New Year — also commonly called Chinese New Year — marks the start of the new year based on lunar calendars, or monthly cycles of the moon's phases. The lunar new year starts with the ...

In light of the new year, Japantown San Francisco hosted their first calligraphy writing workshop, where participants practiced kakizome. “Kakizome refers to the first time of the year that Japanese ...

At the Teppozu Inari Shrine in Tokyo, around 80 worshippers waded into ice-cold water to pray for the health and well-being of themselves and their families in the 'Kanchu Misogi' ritual. Tyson ...

With a new year comes new year’s resolutions, and hopefully, one of them is to level up your Japanese. Many people start the year with a list of resolutions and aren’t able to follow through with them ...

A postcard of ... he told the Japanese broadcaster NHK in 2019. Fukahori, whose funeral was scheduled for Monday at the Urukami Cathedral, met Pope Francis that same year when he presented the ...