By KAZUHIRO ITAMI/ Staff Writer
August 3, 2020 at 16:49 JST
Four fireworks light up the sky along the banks of Shinanogawa river in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Aug. 2, the date for the canceled annual local fireworks festival, to commemorate people killed in the 1945 U.S. bombing on the city and hope for an early end to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Kazuhiro Itami)
NAGAOKA, Niigata Prefecture--Four fireworks lit up the night sky here Aug. 2 to mark the 75th anniversary of a U.S. bombing raid on the city during World War II and to pray that the COVID-19 pandemic will be brought under control. [Read More]
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