Expect launches from 7pm at Meiji Jingu Gaien Softball Stadium (220 fireworks), Tokyo Metropolitan Komaba High School (75 ...

If you’re wondering which events are the best ones to catch, we’ve rounded up Japan's most spectacular annual festivals. From the snowy showcase at Hokkaido to summer’s bon odori dancing ...

Fireworks have a centuries-old tradition in Japan, where massive, colorful displays are an iconic symbol of summer and draw hordes of people, many wearing bright summer kimono. They began as a way ...

The fire, in a forested area of the coastal city of Ofunato, killed at least one person and prompted evacuation orders for ...

The traditional time for fireworks festivals in Japan is summer, when there’s zero chance of crowds getting chilly while waiting for the show to start. So the organizers of The Zekkei Fireworks are ...

Nagaoka’s fireworks festival, one of Japan’s three major fireworks events, is held annually to commemorate the 1,488 people killed in the Aug. 1, 1945, bombing of the city, and to renew the ...

Police arrested a total of six people in connection with a deadly explosion of illegal fireworks in a Honolulu neighborhood on New Year’s Eve and confiscated 500 pounds (227 kilograms) of unused ...