Wildfires tearing through the mountains and forests of Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan have burned for five straight days, ...

By Kentaro Okasaka OTSUCHI, Japan, April 26 (Reuters) - Japan has deployed 1,400 firefighters and 100 Self-Defense Force ...

Nearly 6,000 residents were ordered to evacuate in the city of Imabari due to the fire that has destroyed multiple buildings since Sunday (March 23), disrupting traffic and closing highways in the ...

Japan has deployed 1,400 firefighters and 100 Self-Defense Force personnel to battle mountain blazes in the northern part of ...

Firefighters in northeastern Japan say the wildfires that have been raging for seven days in Otsuchi Town, Iwate Prefecture, ...

The affected area includes a coastal town that lost almost a tenth of its population during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

The combined area affected amounts to the third largest recorded in Japan, where forest fires have intensified in recent ...

Japanese authorities confirmed that the massive forest fire in northern Japan has been fully extinguished after 11 days of ...

Firefighters and army helicopters battled a fire Wednesday that burned through a neighborhood in southwestern Japan, killing one person, injuring another and forcing more than 170 people to evacuate.

Japan deploys 1,400 firefighters and Self-Defense Forces as northern wildfires rage, forcing mass evacuations and threatening ...