Here is a collection of photos and videos taken during New Year's celebrations around Japan and beyond.
The year's first sunrise is pictured from Namie in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 1, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People look at the year's first sunrise from a beach in Namie in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 1, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People look at the year's first sunrise from Yotsukura beach in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 1, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People look at the year's first sunrise from near JR Harajuku Station in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2021. (Kyodo)
People visit Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2021, to offer New Year prayers amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Children perform a show in Pyongyang on Dec. 31, 2020, as North Korea celebrates the coming of the new year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
An event is held at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Dec. 31, 2020, as North Korea celebrates the coming of the new year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Fireworks light up the sky as North Korean citizens celebrate the new year at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang in the early hours of Jan. 1, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to attend a scaled-down New Year's ceremony on Jan. 1, 2021, wearing masks amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
