A massive wildfire in northeastern Japan has expanded, with over 2,100 hectares burned since last week, putting more homes at ...

The rapid spread of the wildfire in Ofunato was caused by both government neglect and the worsening of climate change around ...

Yokohama City firefighters deploy to Japan's northeastern region to reinforce against raging fires in Ofunato. Video credit: Yokohama City Fire Department ...

The U.S. Army Garrison Okinawa Fire Department and Nirai Fire Department joined forces on March 11, 2025, for a ...

The plant in the central city of Toyota has seen a similar explosion in 2023 which forced the company to suspend production at some domestic plants for some time.

Japan's capital has seen spate of emergency calls related to suspected carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning from smoking through ...

Fire departments will conduct emergency fire-safety inspections at about 30,000 multitenant buildings around Japan, Yasushi Kaneko, the internal affairs minister, said on Dec. 19. Kaneko’s ...

TOKYO — 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 ...

Thousands of panicked residents were forced to evacuate after a wildfire in northeastern Japan damaged buildings ... an attempt to douse the blaze. The fire has so far burned at least 84 buildings ...