Fireworks festivals - known as hanabi taikai - are a highlight of Japanese summer culture, drawing millions of spectators ...

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

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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A fireworks barge caught fire during a display in Japan, sparking panic among spectators and forcing the event to be cut short. Police responded to reports of a barge fire during the Minato Mirai ...

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

The organizing committee of a fireworks festival here that was canceled halfway through after a fire broke out on a barge has ...

On a night not too far in the future but still being kept secret, skies across Japan will light up with simultaneous fireworks displays from north to south in a plan by fireworks makers to cheer a ...

The Japanese call fireworks hanabi, meaning "fire flower." The name suggests not only a physical resemblance, but also an existential one. Fireworks bloom, but only for a moment, dazzling ...

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

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