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This file photo shows a Japanese postbox. (Mainichi/Takuma Nakamura) TOKYO -- Forty-one percent of people in Japan do not send out New Year's greeting cards, according to a Dec. 14 and 15 opinion ...

More than half of respondents―57 percent―said they would not send New Year’s cards by mail this year, according to an Asahi Shimbun survey.

Celebrating the start of a new year is an important event around the globe. While January 1 is a recognized holiday in many countries, in Japan, gantan (New Year’s Day) marks the beginning of ...