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

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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 ...

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

Japan faces with growing urgency the question of how to carry forward the moral voice for ridding the world of nuclear ...

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.

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

Organisers admitted they ‘lost control of the fireworks’, forcing five workers to jump into the sea off the coast of Yokohama.

A spectacular summer fireworks festival in Yokohama turns chaotic when two launch barges burst into flames on the evening of August 04, 2025. This forces workers at the barges to immediately ...

Several B.C. companies are grasping opportunities in Japan’s increasingly open market, as the province explores new ...