As 2026 arrived around the globe, crowds gathered to ring in the new year, often accompanied by increased security measures. In some communities, the traditional celebrations were shadowed by grief.

The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach is ringing in the new year with a celebration full of tradition, culture and gratitude. The Morikami will host Oshogatsu Weekend: Year of the ...

United States Representative Maxine Dexter (D-OR) is celebrating the return of a Gresham family after they were held in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The Portland Japanese Garden invited visitors to celebrate O-Shogatsu, the Japanese New Year, with a variety of activities on Sunday. “We forget about everything that happened ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) – 2025 is gone, and the new year is here. Festivities are coming down slightly, but at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, we are actually continuing the New Year’s celebration ...

Billions of people across the globe rang in 2026 with fireworks and other celebrations in New York, Sydney, Tokyo, Bangkok, London and beyond Wednesday and Thursday. The Pacific island nation of ...

Photo courtesy of Grace Park. In an interview with The Michigan Daily, Keiko Yokota-Carter, a Japanese Studies librarian, said the event strives to bring pieces of Japanese traditions to Ann Arbor, ...

Countries across the globe are beginning to usher in 2026. The Pacific island nation of Kiribati was the first to ring in the new year, while Alaska and Hawaii will be among the last places to say ...