From Sydney to Mumbai to Nairobi, communities around the world began welcoming 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces ...

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.

Plans to Strengthen Military Cooperation Japan and the United States are exploring plans to station a U.S. military ...

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Hundreds gathered at the observation deck atop the tallest building in Tokyo Wednesday to witness the first sunrise of 2025. (AP video by Mayuko Ono) ...

An annual record of over 33 million inbound foreigners visited Japan between January and November 2024 amid a tourism boom ...

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

TOKYO -- Japanese convenience store chain Lawson will employ remote clerks overseas to serve late-night shoppers through ...

Japan has welcomed in the new year with a traditional bell-tolling ceremony at the Tokudai-ji temple in Tokyo Celebrations have been scaled back or cancelled in South Korea following the Muan air ...

The dollar slipped on the last trading day of the year today but was poised to clock strong gains in 2024 against almost all ...

PM Ishiba is aware of the horror stories about the presence of spirits in the mansion that tried to overthrow previous ...