While the incident may seem harmless, the amount of harm the kite could have caused to the aircraft entirely depends on the ...

It is thought that kites were first introduced to Japan by Buddhist monks who came from China in the Nara period (710-794 CE). Kites were used for practical purposes, such as lifting materials to ...

From flying a simple single-line kite to participating in full-on "kite battles," the tradition of kite-flying is a pastime ...