[Breaking News]New Year's greeting cards

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 15 Kyodo - A woman posts New Year's greeting cards in a special mailbox at the Tokyo central post office in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Dec. 15, 2025, as post offices across Japan begin accepting the "nengajo" cards for 2026. (Kyodo)

New Year's greeting cards

New Year's greeting cards

A woman posts New Year's greeting cards in a special mailbox at the Tokyo central post office in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Dec. 15, 2025, as post offices across Japan begin accepting the "nengajo" cards for 2026.

New Year's greeting cards

New Year's greeting cards

A woman posts New Year's greeting cards in a special mailbox at the Tokyo central post office in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Dec. 15, 2025, as post offices across Japan begin accepting the "nengajo" cards for 2026.

Post offices start acceptance of New Year's greeting cards

Post offices start acceptance of New Year's greeting cards

TOKYO, Japan - Actor Shun Oguri poses for photographers as he drops a New Year's greetings card in a purpose-built mail box at a kickoff event at Kyobashi Post Office in Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2009. The same day, post offices nationwide began accepting New Year's greetings cards, or ''nengajo,'' for delivery on Jan. 1, with the deadline for timely delivery set on Dec. 25.

New Year's greeting cards in Japan

New Year's greeting cards in Japan

New Year's greeting cards are dropped into a mailbox at the Tokyo central post office on Dec. 15, 2021, as post offices across Japan begin accepting the "nengajo" cards for delivery on Jan. 1.

New Year's greeting cards in Japan

New Year's greeting cards in Japan

New Year's greeting cards are dropped into a mailbox at the Tokyo central post office on Dec. 15, 2021, as post offices across Japan begin accepting the "nengajo" cards for delivery on Jan. 1.

Post offices start acceptance of New Year's greeting cards

Post offices start acceptance of New Year's greeting cards

TOKYO, Japan - Actor Shun Oguri poses for photographers as he drops a New Year's greetings card in a purpose-built mail box at a kickoff event at Kyobashi Post Office in Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2009. The same day, post offices nationwide began accepting New Year's greetings cards, or ''nengajo,'' for delivery on Jan. 1, with the deadline for timely delivery set on Dec. 25. (Kyodo)