Seattle Times19d
Japan fights its largest wildfire in more than 30 years
The roughly 1,800-hectare (4,500-acre) fire has been burning for days in Ofunato, a city on the east coast of Japan’s main island that is about 300 miles northeast of Tokyo. It had grown by 400 ...
Firefighters still struggling to contain Japan’s biggest wildfire in half a century
Unseasonable drier weather may be making the country more vulnerable to fires by leaving forests parched. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Japan wildfire mapped: One dead and thousands evacuated as country battles largest fire in decades
One dead and thousands evacuated as country battles largest fire in decades - Over 3,500 residents from over 1,300 households have been evacuated ...
United States Army5d
Torii Station Hosts Joint US-Japan Wildland Fire Training
The U.S. Army Garrison Okinawa Fire Department and Nirai Fire Department joined forces on March 11, 2025, for a ...
ジャパンタイムズ13d
Massive Iwate wildfire, the nation's largest in half a century, is contained
The wildfire engulfed about 2,900 hectares — around half the size of Manhattan — making it Japan's largest in more than 50 years. It surpassed the 2,700 hectares consumed by a 1975 fire in ...
The Victoria Advocate15d
Japan wildfire evacution orders partially lifted
Japan partially lifted wildfire evacuation orders on Friday after rain helped stop the country's worst blaze in more than half a century from spreading. The fire had raged in the mountains around ...
Seattle Times19d
Japan fights a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and caused hundreds to evacuate
TOKYO (AP) — 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 ...