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Sumida and Nagaoka fireworks among summer events canceled due to virus

National Apr 10, 2020

Sumida and Nagaoka fireworks among summer events canceled due to virus

Fireworks displays and other summer events were canceled months in advance by organizers on Friday, joining the long list of gatherings scrapped over the new coronavirus. The casualties included the annual Sumida River Fireworks Festival in Tokyo, which was brought forward to July 11 to ...

Niigata student remotely altered grades using ID stolen from teacher's computer

National / Crime & Legal Dec 20, 2019

Niigata student remotely altered grades using ID stolen from teacher's computer

A 15-year-old junior high school student in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, who hacked into a school server to alter his grades has admitted to stealing an ID and password needed to access the server from a computer he borrowed from his teacher, the school's principal ...

National / Crime & Legal Jun 13, 2019

Niigata Prefecture city official admits killing her baby by repeatedly dropping her on floor, police say

A 31-year-old woman in Niigata Prefecture was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of killing her 3-month-old daughter by repeatedly dropping her on the floor, police said. Noriko Ito, a Nagaoka city official in charge of promoting gender equality, admitted the allegation to police after her daughter, ...

Fireworks bound for Pearl Harbor

National Aug 14, 2014

Fireworks bound for Pearl Harbor

by Marcie Kagawa

Sister cities Honolulu and Nagaoka plan to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the war next year with Niigata-made fireworks launched at Pearl Harbor.

Tokyo: Which of Japan's many summer firework displays do you recommend?

Voices | VIEWS FROM THE STREET Jul 15, 2013

Tokyo: Which of Japan's many summer firework displays do you recommend?

by Mark Buckton

I think the best fireworks display in Japan is in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture. Even though it is not the biggest in Japan, the huge round fireworks let off there are very famous and attract people from all over the place. I'm looking forward to ...

National Feb 28, 2013

AKB48 and director Nobuhiko Obayashi honor postquake efforts in Tohoku

by Shinichi Koike

Virtuoso movie director Nobuhiko Obayashi has created a film that pays homage to Tohoku's postdisaster recovery in an unusual collaboration with all-girl pop idol group AKB48. The short feature, lasting around an hour, serves as a promotional video for AKB48's new single "So long!" that ...

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