The mayor of Ofunato City in northeastern Japan's Iwate Prefecture has said there is no fear of a fire spreading again from ...

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OFUNATO, Iwate Prefecture—A destructive and deadly wildfire ... Wildfires have hit other parts of Japan. A mountain fire in Ueda, Nagano Prefecture, was brought under control on March 2, while ...

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The city of Ofunato in Iwate Prefecture has declared that a massive forest fire that had ravaged the city since Feb. 26 has ...

Wildfires in Okayama Prefecture in western Japan have been contained five days after their outbreak, with evacuation orders lifted, ...

The prefectures in western Japan, Okayama and Ehime, have been experiencing an escalating wildfire since Sunday evening, March 23, 2025 ...

The Japanese government has launched an expert panel to study why the wildfires that broke out in recent months spread so widely.

Around 2,000 firefighters have been working from the air and ground to put out Japan's worst wildfire in half a century in the northeastern Iwate prefecture, local media reported on Tuesday.

Japan on Tuesday marked 14 years since a devastating earthquake and tsunami rocked the country's northeast, triggering a nuclear cri ...