Rather than distance himself from his painful memories in Rikuzentakata, Roki Sasaki has taken a proactive approach to ...
Japan has made a roaring start to its plans for international food trade in 2025 with the announcement of a new collaboration ...
Emergency crews have been continuously battling a wildfire in Iwate, Japan. The crown fire, which started on February 26, has destroyed 2,900 hectares (6,425 acres) of land—equivalent to 9 per cent of ...
Perched along the scenic coastline of Japan’s Iwate prefecture, the Taro Kanko Hotel once stood as a symbol of hospitality, ...
For those traveling through Japan’s Iwate prefecture, a visit to Takata Matsubara Memorial Park for Tsunami Disaster and the ...
The blaze around the city of Ofunato has killed one person and forced nearly 4,000 to evacuate their homes. Read more at ...
Japan’s largest travel agent, JTB Corporation, has unveiled plans to dispatch chefs to small- and medium sized accommodations ...
The wildfire has been fuelled by a combination of rare weather patterns and geographical factors. Japan's north-eastern regions, including Iwate prefecture, have experienced their driest winter since ...
The wildfire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, continued to rage for a seventh day on Tuesday and has now burned about 2,600 hectares, about 8% of the city’s area. Evacuees from the city now number 3,941, ...
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 about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres ...
The fire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture has forced residents to evacuate since breaking out Wednesday and spreading over a wide area toward the Pacific coast, Kyodo news agency reported according to ...
A catastrophic forest fire in Ofunato, Japan, has consumed 2,100 hectares of land, destroying at least 84 homes and prompting ...