Strong winds intensified out-of-control wildfires in two western Japan prefectures on Wednesday, leaving at least eight bu ...

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

Wildfires in two western Japan prefectures spread Monday despite firefighting efforts through the night, with local govern ...

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

Iwate Prefecture established a disaster response headquarters at 3:50 p.m. on Feb. 26, and the Disaster Relief Law has been applied to this fire. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency ...

"This is a common byproduct of climate change." Country reeling from Japan's largest wildfire in 50 years: 'Nothing is left' ...

Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba was considering declaring ... Firefighting operations have been underway in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, since last week where nearly 4,111 people, nearly 13 per ...

Drought in the mountainous areas of central and northeastern Japan is contributing to the spread of forest fires on a scale not seen for over 30 years. The city of Ofunato, already devastated by the ...

OFUNATO, Iwate Prefecture--About 1,600 firefighters from 12 prefectures in eastern Japan were battling a forest fire here on the afternoon of Feb. 28. A total of about 1,200 hectares have been ...

MATSUYAMA,JAPAN, Mar 24 (Kyodo/APP): Firefighting efforts continued Monday against wildfires in two western Japan prefectures ...

Wildfires broke out Sunday in mountainous areas of two western Japan prefectures, prompting some residents to evacuate, though no injuries have been reported, local authorities said. In Okayama, ...

Feb. 28 (UPI) --Firefighters from around eastern Japan have joined in the effort to slow the largest forest fire in Japan in 30 years after it has burned nearly 3,000 acres of forest in the Iwate ...