A lighting apparatus comprising: a plurality of lighting modules each including one or more lighting device, a control device that controls the lighting device, a circuit board on which the lighting device and the control device are mounted, a case including a main body that houses the lighting device, the control device, and the circuit board, and a plurality of electrically conducting terminals that are electrically connected to the control device and penetrate through the main body of the case to protrude to the outside of the main body of the case; and a flat cable (20, 200) for connecting the lighting modules in such a manner that colors and/or luminous intensities of emitted lights of the lighting modules can be controlled, the flat cable (20, 200) including at least three conductors disposed in parallel which include a first signal conductor (24, 25) and two power feeding conductors (22, 23), a sheath member covering the at least three conductors to integrate, wherein the circuit board has through holes located at positions that correspond to the electrically conducting terminals, and the electrically conducting terminals are inserted into the through holes by pressing so as to electrically connect and fix the circuit board to the electrically conducting terminals, wherein each of the electrically conducting terminals has an intermediate portion embedded in the main body of the case, a distal end portion to be pierced into the cable (20, 200) and a rear end portion to be inserted into the through hole of the circuit board by pressing, the rear end portion has an expanded part to be fit in the through hole. a plurality of lighting modules each including one or more lighting device, a control device that controls the lighting device, a circuit board on which the lighting device and the control device are mounted, a case including a main body that houses the lighting device, the control device, and the circuit board, and a plurality of electrically conducting terminals that are electrically connected to the control device and penetrate through the main body of the case to protrude to the outside of the main body of the case; and a flat cable (20, 200) for connecting the lighting modules in such a manner that colors and/or luminous intensities of emitted lights of the lighting modules can be controlled, the flat cable (20, 200) including at least three conductors disposed in parallel which include a first signal conductor (24, 25) and two power feeding conductors (22, 23), a sheath member covering the at least three conductors to integrate, wherein the circuit board has through holes located at positions that correspond to the electrically conducting terminals, and the electrically conducting terminals are inserted into the through holes by pressing so as to electrically connect and fix the circuit board to the electrically conducting terminals, wherein each of the electrically conducting terminals has an intermediate portion embedded in the main body of the case, a distal end portion to be pierced into the cable (20, 200) and a rear end portion to be inserted into the through hole of the circuit board by pressing, the rear end portion has an expanded part to be fit in the through hole.