About 10,000 fireworks lit up the summer night sky during the Lake Biwa Great Fireworks Festival at Otsu Port in the city of ...

One of the barges serving as a launch platform for the fireworks had caught fire. All five workers on board jumped into the ...

The head of the island’s economic office attended commemorations in Japan for the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and ...

Giant umbrellas, mist fans and human-sized ice boxes are some of the many ways organizers are offering respite to visitors.

Held annually on 30 August in Daisen City, Akita Prefecture, the Omagari Fireworks Festival is recognised as one of the most prestigious fireworks festivals in Japan. It hosts a national fireworks ...

Two boats launching fireworks caught fire in Japan on Monday during a summer festival in Yokohama, located south of Tokyo.

Fireworks are a fixture of Japan's summer, drawing crowds of festivalgoers — from couples to friends and families — often ...

What was supposed to be a dazzling summer celebration turned into a fiery nightmare off Japan’s Yokohama coast.rnrnTwo barges ...

Launch barges were set ablaze in Japan's Yokohama on Monday (August 4) after fireworks landed on them during a festival.

At first glance, this seems like over-protective Nintendo picking on a small charity event. However, the majority of Japanese ...

To mark the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Nagasaki, two of the city’s cathedral bells chimed ...