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

Iwate prefectural police were working on identifying the body and determining the cause of death. More than 2,000 residents were ordered to evacuate in the coastal city in the northeastern Tohoku ...

Ryori Elementary School could stick to its long-held tradition of holding its entrance ceremony on April 1 despite dealing ...

Japan's northeastern city of Ofunato in Iwate Prefecture has been hit by raging wildfires. One person has been found dead and dozens of buildings have been damaged. Firefighters are battling to ...

Wednesday marks one month since massive wildfires broke out in the city of Ofunato in northeastern Japan's Iwate Prefecture.

Tokyo, March 25 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government Tuesday decided to designate a massive wildfire in the northeastern ...

Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba was considering declaring the country’s biggest wildfire in decades a “severe disaster” as the blaze continued to rage for the eighth day, reducing nearly 3,000 ...

Wildfires in Okayama Prefecture in western Japan have been contained five days after their outbreak, with evacuation orders ...

OFUNATO, Iwate -- A photographer in this northeast Japan city, where a major forest fire recently destroyed over 100 homes, has provided free photos of school events he covered to a family here whose ...

Local authorities on Monday lifted all remaining evacuation orders issued in response to a massive wildfire in the city of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture. The move came a day after Ofunato Mayor ...