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Japan: Nagasaki Lantern Festival 2026 Illuminates City With 15,000 Lanterns

The 2026 Nagasaki Lantern Festival kicked off on February 6, illuminating the city with over 15,000 colorful lanterns to celebrate the Lunar New Year. This major winter tradition, which originated in Nagasaki's Chinatown, features 18 days of vibrant cultural events across central Nagasaki through February 23.

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Japan: Nagasaki Lantern Festival 2026 Illuminates City With 15,000 Lanterns 2

The 2026 Nagasaki Lantern Festival kicked off on February 6, illuminating the city with over 15,000 colorful lanterns to celebrate the Lunar New Year. This major winter tradition, which originated in Nagasaki's Chinatown, features 18 days of vibrant cultural events across central Nagasaki through February 23.

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Lantern festival in Nagasaki

A lantern festival is under way in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2026, with about 15,000 lanterns illuminating a park near the city's Chinatown.

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Lantern festival in Nagasaki

A lantern festival is under way in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2026, with about 15,000 lanterns illuminating a park near the city's Chinatown.

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Lantern festival in Nagasaki

A lantern festival is under way in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2026, with about 15,000 lanterns illuminating a park near the city's Chinatown.

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Lantern festival in Nagasaki

A lantern festival is under way in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2026, with an 11-meter object representing horses on display at a park near the city's Chinatown as 2026 marks the Year of Horse in the Chinese zodiac.

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Lantern festival in Nagasaki

A lantern festival is under way in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2026, with an 11-meter object representing horses on display at a park near the city's Chinatown as 2026 marks the Year of Horse in the Chinese zodiac.

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Defense Minister Koizumi visits GSDF camp

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) rides a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force assault amphibious vehicle 7 during a visit to the GSDF's Camp Ainoura in Sasebo in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 21, 2025.

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Defense Minister Koizumi visits GSDF camp

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (C) meets the press during a visit to the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ainoura in Sasebo in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 21, 2025.

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Defense Minister Koizumi visits GSDF camp

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) rides a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force assault amphibious vehicle 7 during a visit to the GSDF's Camp Ainoura in Sasebo in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 21, 2025.

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Defense Minister Koizumi visits GSDF camp

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) rides a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force assault amphibious vehicle 7 during a visit to the GSDF's Camp Ainoura in Sasebo in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 21, 2025.

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Sumo wrestlers in Nagasaki

(From R) Ukrainian sumo wrestler ozeki Aonishiki and Mongolian yokozuna Hoshoryu visit Nagasaki Peace Park in the atomic-bombed city of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 29, 2025.

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Sumo wrestlers in Nagasaki

(From L) Ukrainian sumo wrestler ozeki Aonishiki and Mongolian yokozuna Hoshoryu visit Nagasaki Peace Park in the atomic-bombed city of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 29, 2025.

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Sumo wrestlers in Nagasaki

(From L) Ukrainian sumo wrestler ozeki Aonishiki and Mongolian yokozuna Hoshoryu visit Nagasaki Peace Park in the atomic-bombed city of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 29, 2025.

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Football: Japan vs. Canada friendly

Japan's Aoba Fujino scores the team's third goal in the second half of a women's football international friendly against Canada at Peace Stadium in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 29, 2025.

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Football: Japan vs. Canada friendly

Japan's Aoba Fujino (R) celebrates after scoring the team's third goal in the second half of a women's football international friendly against Canada at Peace Stadium in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 29, 2025.

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Football: Japan vs. Canada friendly

Japan's Mina Tanaka (C) celebrates after scoring the team's second goal in the second half of a women's football international friendly against Canada at Peace Stadium in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 29, 2025.

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Football: Japan vs. Canada friendly

Japan's Mina Tanaka (R) scores the team's second goal in the second half of a women's football international friendly against Canada at Peace Stadium in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 29, 2025.

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Football: Japan vs. Canada friendly

Japan's Mina Tanaka (L) scores the team's second goal in the second half of a women's football international friendly against Canada at Peace Stadium in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 29, 2025.

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Football: Japan vs. Canada friendly

Japan's Mina Tanaka (L) scores the team's second goal in the second half of a women's football international friendly against Canada at Peace Stadium in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 29, 2025.

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Football: Japan vs. Canada friendly

Japan's Momoko Tanikawa (L) opens the scoring in the first half of a women's football international friendly against Canada at Peace Stadium in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 29, 2025.

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Football: Japan vs. Canada friendly

Japan's Momoko Tanikawa (2nd from R) huddles with teammates after scoring the opening goal in the first half of a women's football international friendly against Canada at Peace Stadium in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 29, 2025.

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Nagasaki Prefecture holds tuna-cutting shows in Seoul

Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture holds a tuna-cutting show in Seoul on Nov. 19, 2025, as part of the southwestern Japan prefecture's campaign to pitch its seafood in South Korea. A tasting event was held for local food companies after the show as Nagasaki, already shipping tuna to Thailand and Singapore, intends to tap into the South Korean market.

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Press Conference by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and OpenAI

Press conference by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and OpenAI. photo shows (from left) Tadashi Yamamoto, Managing Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, and Tadao Nagasaki, President of OpenAI Japan.=November 12,2025,Tokyo

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Press Conference by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and OpenAI

Press conference by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and OpenAI. photo shows (from left) Tadashi Yamamoto, Managing Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, and Tadao Nagasaki, President of OpenAI Japan.=November 12,2025,Tokyo

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Press Conference by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and OpenAI

Press conference by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and OpenAI. photo shows (from left) Tadashi Yamamoto, Managing Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, and Tadao Nagasaki, President of OpenAI Japan.=November 12,2025,Tokyo

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Indian frigate in Sasebo

Capt. Rajat Kumar of the Indian Navy frigate Sahyadri speaks during a welcome ceremony at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 28, 2025, as the vessel makes a port call as part of bilateral defense cooperation.

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Indian frigate in Sasebo

The Indian Navy frigate Sahyadri is pictured at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 28, 2025, during its port call as part of bilateral defense cooperation.

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Nagasaki Kunchi festival

Dragon dancers perform during a traditional Nagasaki Kunchi autumn festival at Suwa Shrine in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Oct. 7, 2025. The festival dating back to 1634 features exotic events and runs through Oct. 9.

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Nagasaki Kunchi festival

About 20 men spin a shrine-shaped float during a traditional Nagasaki Kunchi autumn festival at Suwa Shrine in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Oct. 7, 2025. The festival dating back to 1634 features exotic events and runs through Oct. 9.

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Japan tourism promotion in Hanoi

Members of the opera company at Huis Ten Bosch seaside resort in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, perform a piece from their repertoire set in Vietnam and the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki, during an event promoting Japanese regional tourism in Hanoi on Sept. 30, 2025.

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Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet an atomic bomb survivor at Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Emperor at cultural festival in Nagasaki

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako wave after watching stage performances at a cultural and art festival in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 14, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Emperor at cultural festival in Nagasaki

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from L) and Empress Masako applaud stage performers at a cultural and art festival in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 14, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Emperor at cultural festival in Nagasaki

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend the opening ceremony of a cultural and art festival in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 14, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Emperor at cultural festival in Nagasaki

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend the opening ceremony of a cultural and art festival in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 14, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Emperor at cultural festival in Nagasaki

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend the opening ceremony of a cultural and art festival in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 14, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Emperor at cultural festival in Nagasaki

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend the opening ceremony of a cultural and art festival in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 14, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Princess Aiko is seen off at Nagasaki Airport in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 13, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Princess Aiko is seen off at Nagasaki Airport in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 13, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Princess Aiko is seen off at Nagasaki Airport in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 13, 2025. (Pool photo)

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