The top bidder at a Tokyo fish market said they paid $1.3 million for a tuna on Sunday, the second highest price ever paid at an annual prestigious new year auction. Michelin-starred sushi ...

Tokyo Midtown’s annual New Year’s celebration features a number of fun events to start 2024. The first 800 visitors who drop by on January 2 between 10.45am and 12noon will get a free cup of s ...

As the world bid farewell to 2024, New Zealand's Auckland led the charge into 2025, becoming one of the first places across the world to ring in New Year 2025. Apart from Auckland, Singapore ...

TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of people soaked and splashed ... adhering to Japanese tradition to purify the soul and pray for good health in the new year. Mostly half-naked men with just white loincloth ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. People crowd the famed “Ameyoko” shopping street on New Year’s Eve ...

The best time to visit Tokyo is between March and April and September ... Be sure to steer clear of New Year's as hotel rates are exorbitant and most museums are closed for a few days before ...

The Tokyo Stock Exchange opened for the first trading day of the new year on Jan. 6 with the Nikkei 225 index plummeting by more than 600 points at one point. The benchmark index ended the day at ...

The annual tuna auction attracts a bidding frenzy The top bidder at a Tokyo fish market said they ... price ever paid at an annual prestigious new year auction. Michelin-starred sushi ...