As record-breaking snowfall is recorded in Japan's main island of Hokkaido, the country fights its worst wildfire in decades ...

Japan has deployed more than 2000 firefighters to battle the country's biggest forest fire in three decades with thousands of ...

Col. Peter Eltringham, right, commander of the 12 Marine Littoral Regiment, congratulates Lt. Col. Jacob Godby on assuming ...

The wildfire had engulfed around 6,400 acres, the fire and disaster management agency said -- over seven times the area of ...

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

Japan is currently battling the largest forest fire it has seen since the 1980s. The flames are raging in the north-east of ...

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

Firefighters were battling Japan's worst wildfire in half a century, which has left one dead and forced the evacuation of ...

Wildfires in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, went into their sixth day of destruction on Tuesday and have scorched ...

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

Residents have been instructed to evacuate, as more than 2,000 firefighters use helicopters and hoses to douse the flames ...