A lantern festival is illuminating summer nights at a shrine in Kamakura City, near Tokyo. The annual Bonbori Festival is ...

July saw the death of heavy metal godfather Ozzy Osbourne, the Black Sabbath lead singer whose influence in the genre spans generations.

June celebrity deaths Shigeo Nagashima, 89. He was known in Japan as “Mr. Pro Baseball” and was one of the most famous people in the country during his playing days. June 3. Jim Marshall, 87.