It's hard to believe there was a time when fireflies outnumbered the neon lights of Tokyo. Luckily there are still places outside the capital where the glowing insects still reign.

In Japan, fireflies have long been the harbingers of summer, taking to the skies in June and July in a flickering dance of courtship that lights up the night.

Fireflies can be found across Japan in early summer, congregating in places where there’s a proper mix of foliage and water. Their enchanting glow has a calming effect, which makes watching fireflies ...

Thousands of fireflies in Japan have gathered for their annual mating season. Japan’s popular Tatsuno Firefly Festival usually draws crowds of people, but it was canceled this year due to COVID ...

As the sun sets in the Japanese town of Tatsuno, thousands of fireflies begin glowing, producing a spectacle that usually draws crowds of delighted visitors.

Picture a warm summer night, the sky dotted with tiny, glowing lights dancing in the dark. For many, fireflies, or lightning bugs, are a magical part of childhood memories. But have you noticed fewer ...

The time-honoured Japanese tradition of admiring fireflies in the evening sky has been put back by at least a week in most parts of the country, due to poor weather and cool temperatures between ...

In Japan, for example, cultivated farmland and wetland systems called satoyama, where fireflies thrive, are disappearing as more people migrate to cities and abandon traditional agriculture.