One person was slightly injured after a fire broke out on two of eight barges used to launch fireworks during a festival in Yokohama on Monday evening. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/05/japan/japan-fireworks-event-fire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fireworks #yokohama

Incumbent Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka has won a second four-year term as head of the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/japan/politics/yokohama-mayor-wins-second-term/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #yokohama #localgovernment

Parents of schoolchildren were outraged after the latest news that teachers were allegedly taking indecent images of young girls at their schools and sharing them in an online group chat of about 10 teachers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/27/japan/crime-legal/public-outrage-teachers-upskirt/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #nagoya #yokohama #children #schools #sexcrimes #childporn #deepfakes