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

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

An ancient Japanese tradition to welcome in the new year continues Saturday at the Japanese American Service Committee. For two decades, the JASC and the Tohkon Judo Academy have teamed up for an ...

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

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.

LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan and golfer Lexi Thompson participate in a kagami-biraki ceremony on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at the ANA Inspiration. The traditional Japanese ceremony celebrates the ...

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.