People bathe in cold water at Kashima Jingu shrine in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 20, 2025, during ...

This year we were lucky enough to experience two Christmases, in two countries, in one day. After experiencing Christmas in Japan (with the requisite KFC meal and Christmas cake), we boarded on a ...

Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese ...

Meshack Odiwuor, a University of Nairobi student secured a prestigious two-year scholarship. He has shared his experience ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When I was growing up, my family, like so many others in the community I lived in, ...

Many Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas in January, not December. In Lebanon, Christians say the holiday is extra poignant for them this year.

OSLO—The Nobel Peace Prize ceremony gave both Norwegian and Japanese citizens an opportunity to reflect on the meaning of ...

ROME -- Pope Francis wrapped up a busy Christmas season on Monday by calling for the faithful to promote a culture of welcome and integration in their communities and reject discrimination. Francis ...

Traveling to Park County from the suburbs of Tokyo for a two-year stint at the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, Haruka ...

In Japanese households, families eat buckwheat soba noodles, or toshikoshi soba, at midnight on New Year’s Eve to bid farewell to the year gone by and welcome the year to come. The tradition ...

Here's a New Year's Eve appetizer idea: People in Japan kick off the New Year by eating a warm bowl of soba noodles. The tradition dates ... by banging loaves of Christmas bread against the ...