This time of year, Japan has a tradition of sending nengajo, or New Year’s greetings, that dates back to the Heian era (794-1185). Thus, opening holly-jolly-filled Christmas cards only took off ...

Jones Christmas card to Eugenie Gershoy ... Archives of American Art Miné Okubo was one of the hundreds of thousands of Japanese Americans interned during World War II, later publishing a ...

But nothing says Christmas in Japan quite like the Christmas cake ... with Christmas decorations and selling imported greeting cards. In the decades before World War II, the country seemed ...

Tokyo elementary school children gathered Wednesday to write Christmas cards to raise the spirits of young survivors of the March 11 Tohoku region catastrophe. The 30 kids, from Nishimachi ...

Tokyo, Dec 23 (EFE).- In Japan, where only 1.5 percent of the population are Christians, Christmas staples of the West such as turkey and stuffing are cast aside in favor of fried chicken ...

It may not be a public holiday in Japan, but Christmas there is big business. Quirky seasonal customs take place in people's homes across the country, while city squares host elaborate Christmas ...