Wildfires in Okayama and Ehime prefectures continued to rage on March 24 after evacuation orders were issued for nearly 3,000 ...

Iwate [Japan], March 5 (ANI): A massive wildfire in northeastern Japan has expanded, with over 2,100 hectares burned since last week, putting more homes at risk, Kyodo News reported. As per Kyodo ...

The wildfire ignited shortly after 1 p.m. local time Wednesday within the Aza-ashidachi area of Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture, and has grown to some 6,424 acres as of Tuesday, Japan's Fire and ...

That makes it Japan's largest wildfire since 1975 when ... the agency said. Military and fire department helicopters are trying to douse the Ofunato fire, but it is still spreading, a city ...

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

The Fire and Disaster Management Agency says there were 1,299 wildfires nationwide in 2023, and more than half occurred between February and April. It says the pattern is the same every year.