A massive forest fire has engulfed parts of Ofunato, a northeastern coastal city in Japan, damaging dozens of homes and ...

About 4,600 residents remain under evacuation advisories as the fire rages in the northern Iwate region, killing one.

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes, and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned approximately 2,100 hectares (5,190 ...

Hokkaido is famous for its pristine wilderness and provides some of the most amazing mountain biking experiences in Japan.

A massive wildfire in northeastern Japan has expanded, with over 2,100 hectares burned since last week, putting more homes at risk, Kyodo News reported. As per Kyodo News on Tuesday, the fire in ...

Fire Disaster and Management said the wildfire has surpassed the 2,545 acres burned in Kushiro, Hokkaido in 1992, making it the largest forest fire in the Heisei area. March 14 (UPI ...

As of Tuesday morning, the wildfire had engulfed around 2,600ha of forest in Iwate prefecture, the fire and disaster ...

A forest fire in northeastern Japan has scorched the largest area of land in more than 30 years, the central government said Friday, as local firefighters and Self-Defense Forces struggle to control ...

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Japan's disaster management agency on Sunday requested more fire departments across the country to join the battle against a forest ...

The fire, in a forested area of the coastal city of Ofunato, killed at least one person and prompted evacuation orders for ...