A goldfish scooping contest takes place in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, with about 1,700 competitors participating.

A Japanese festival organizer files a criminal complaint against suspects after DJ Soda was groped on stage.

Spirit boats wind through Nagasaki in southwestern Japan to honor the spirits of ancestors.

A Japanese competitive trash picking event is held in London.

Japan marks the 78th anniversary of the end of World War Two.

Japanese players sweep the three divisions in the video game competition at the Pokemon World Championships.

A total of 260,000 pop-culture fans visit the Comic Market over two days in Tokyo.

A song that late Japanese musician Sakamoto Ryuichi composed for a school in western Japan has been completed.

A water splashing festival called Fukagawa Hachiman Matsuri takes place in Tokyo for the first time in six years.

The Awa Odori dance festival takes place in Tokushima, western Japan.