Asked how many New Year’s greeting cards they were sending out, a majority of respondents--57 percent--said they “aren’t sending any.” Since the corresponding number was 33 percent five ...

More than half of respondents―57 percent―said they would not send New Year’s cards by mail this year ... said they would not send out any greeting cards. The telephone survey, carried ...

A growing number of Japanese people appear to be breaking with the country's tradition of sending New Year's greeting cards, as rising prices of daily goods are forcing them to cut back on spending.

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 poll by the Mainichi Shimbun. This was followed by 26% of respondents ...