Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family waved from a balcony window to throngs of New Year’s well-wishers, some shouting, ...

The Americas, Australasia, Asia, Europe and Africa have already been marking the arrival of the new year with fireworks and ...

A bluefin tuna was sold for $1,316,835 (207 million yen) on Sunday (January 5), marking the second-highest bid at Tokyo's ...

The U-turn rush of people who spent the New Year holidays in their hometowns or overseas began on Saturday with bullet trains ...

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

Sushi restaurateurs in Tokyo say they have paid 207m yen ($1.3m; £1m) for a bluefin tuna which is about the size and weight ...

Millions of Japanese people will return to their home towns to be with their families, visit neighborhood shrines on Tuesday ...

"The first tuna is something meant to bring in good fortune," Onodera official Shinji Nagao told reporters after the auction.

Japan's Emperor Naruhito said he is praying for the happiness of people in Japan and the world in his first New Year's ...

TOKYO — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday. Some shouted “banzai ...

New Year's Eve celebrations and fireworks around the world rang in 2025, as more than a million revelers crowded into New ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday, chanting “banzai… long live” while ...