The emergency services have issued advisories urging Japanese people to eat mochi with care, including tips on dealing with ...

The Pacific island nation of Kiribati was the first country to ring in 2025, its 133,500 citizens celebrating the new year at 5 a.m. ET on Tuesday.

From North Korea to Easter Island in the South Pacific Ocean, here are four places where the New Year is ushered in with ...

Roki Sasaki is still in the thralls of his decision-making process after seemingly almost completing his first round of meetings with MLB teams since being post ...

In the wee hours of Wednesday, New Year's Day worshippers packed the grounds of Meiji Jingu, a major Shinto shrine in central ...

Nippon Steel sent a new proposal in its bid to buy U.S. Steel, including giving the U.S. government a veto over any reduction ...

The U.S. dollar hit a two-year high and was on track to post an annual gain against almost all major currencies on Tuesday as the prospect that the Federal Reserve will hold interest rates higher than ...

A 16th century bronze bell rang 108 times on Sunday during a celebration of the Japanese New Year at San Francisco’s Asian ...

Carter was the longest-lived U.S. president when he died Sunday at 100. He was just one of many noteworthy people who died in ...

Not all December space missions were successful. The Japanese startup Space One, for example, saw its Kairos rocket self-destruct shortly after lifting off from Kushimoto in Japan’s Wakayama ...

East Asian countries including Japan, China and Taiwan welcomed the New Year with spectacular celebrations and firework ...

The practice of making New Year’s resolutions may be done with optimistic intent. But usually by the second month of the year ...