It felt to me as if his sense of desolation was wafting slowly from the yellowed postcard. Why is it that handwritten words can be so powerful? Even with a bland, printed New Year’s greeting ...

Japan Post announced Wednesday a preliminary figure for the number of New Year cards (nengajo) delivered on New Year's Day. According to the report, about 491 million cards were delivered nationwide, ...

The handmade postcard measures 14.3 centimeters by 9 cm, slightly smaller than the “nengajo” New Year’s greeting postcard currently issued by Japan Post Co. Takao, 71, an adviser to a ...