Pretty much every culture in the world has a coming-of-age ceremony to mark a child’s passage into adulthood. For some, it’s just a fun celebration. For others, it’s a brutal, scarring horror show. In ...

Japan's Coming of Age Day is a sure sign of winter, arriving after New Year celebrations and before the cherry blossom ...

Many religions and cultural and family traditions have an official coming-of-age ceremony to observe the occasion. These usually involve both family and community. The coming of age milestone is ...

Students from four Washington, D.C. universities convened Jan. 18 at the Japanese Embassy to celebrate seijin shiki, a Japanese coming-of-age ceremony. The celebration featured roughly 70 attendees ...

Young women in colorful kimonos and smartly-dressed men celebrated Coming-of-Age Day at ceremonies across Japan on Monday. Coming-of-Age Day is held annually on the second Monday of January. As usual, ...

KITAKYUSHU -- Some 4,600 new adults dressed in flashy kimonos and other attire attended a coming-of-age ceremony here on Jan. 12, one day before Coming-of-Age Day. Although the age of adulthood in ...