Marine Day is a national holiday in Japan that celebrates the ocean. In Tokyo, the holiday is marked by a vibrant Lantern Festival. Hundreds of lanterns are released onto the Sumida River ...

With more than 80 performances planned, the festival would showcase Minnan, Hakka, indigenous and new immigrant cultures, as well as international acts from Japan, France and the Philippines, it said.

Thousands in Taiwan and China have celebrated the Lantern Festival, a holiday that marks the end of the Lunar New Year period ...