About 1,500 local men in traditional white costumes run down a mountain path, lighting up the night with sacred torches, in a centuries-old fire festival in Shingu City, western Japan. These men ...

and carpentry that makes the region such an important part of the Japanese economy. There’s truly nothing like the Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival, held each January in the ski and hot spring ...

We meet two Americans who preserve Japanese traditions. Chris Hinds ensures the safe conduct of Nozawa Onsen's fire festival in Nagano Prefecture, and Andrew Mancabelli crafts Japanese armor in ...

A substantial fire broke out at the Itabashi Fireworks Festival in Tokyo on Aug. 5, forcing the event to be canceled due to safety concerns, although there were no reports of injuries.

Cleanup continues at the Renaissance Festival grounds in Shakopee where multiple buildings caught fire Thursday night. The fire was first called in about 6:00 p.m., and it took crews several hours ...