Around 5,200 acres of land have burnt since the fire began on Thursday in the northeastern coastal area of Iwate prefecture ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a ...

A destructive and deadly wildfire entered its sixth day here, and authorities said there is still no end in sight.

White smoke billowed from a forested area around the city of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, six days after the blaze began amid ...

Firefighters are battling a blaze in northeastern Japan that has damaged dozens of homes, burned thousands of acres and ...

Unseasonable drier weather may be making the country more vulnerable to fires by leaving forests parched. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A massive wildfire in northeastern Japan expanded Monday with over 2,100 hectares burned since last week, putting more homes ...

Firefighters on the morning of Feb. 27 continued battling the latest forest fire here that has spread to several locations ...

The unusually dry weather, strong winds, the prefecture's mountainous terrain — as well as what's known as a fire cycle — ...

The fire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture has forced residents to evacuate since breaking out Wednesday and spreading over a wide ...

More than 2,000 firefighters are battling Japan's biggest forest fire in three decades, officials said Monday, as some 4,600 ...

Forest fires in Japan's Iwate Prefecture have forced 3,300 people to evacuate while destroying 84 homes. Posted: February 28, ...