Mochitsuki (pounded rice) was founded in the eighth century in Japan as an offering to the god of the new year. Later, it was used to decorate homes for the new year with an orange placed on top – ...

Finally Aiko washes some dishes. Not so easy when she lives in a Japanese home where the kitchen has no dishwasher. New York Yankees drop historic team rule dating back 49 years US TV fans ...

One of the fatalities was an 88-year-old woman in Machida on the outskirts of central Tokyo, who ate “ozoni” rice cake soup at her home on the morning of Jan. 1. She was taken to a hospital ...