OSAKA--It's difficult to see the stars from the city, but the Okawa river was awash here with its own brilliant blue milky way on July 7 with help from 21st-century magic. Star festival ...

Later this evening, tens of thousands of people are expected to gather at Ala Moana Beach Park to honor their lost loved ones with messages placed on floating lanterns. Alina Lee spoke to guests ...

They decided to join the event after seeing images of the floating lanterns trending on TikTok. “You experience this once in a lifetime,” Alegonero said, as she sheltered under an umbrella ...

As night falls in the southern Chinese city of Fuzhou, lanterns -- some of them 10 meters high -- transform Hongguang Lake Park into a fantastical land of orange dragons, majestic sailboats ...