White smoke billowed from a forested area around the city of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, six days after the blaze began amid ...

As record-breaking snowfall is recorded in Japan's main island of Hokkaido, the country fights its worst wildfire in decades ...

Firefighters are battling a blaze in northeastern Japan that has damaged dozens of homes, burned thousands of acres and ...

Around 5,200 acres of land have burnt since the fire began on Thursday in the northeastern coastal area of Iwate prefecture ...

Firefighters were battling Japan's worst wildfire in half a century, which has left one dead and forced the evacuation of ...

Wildfires in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, went into their sixth day of destruction on Tuesday and have scorched ...

Unseasonable drier weather may be making the country more vulnerable to fires by leaving forests parched. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Residents have been instructed to evacuate, as more than 2,000 firefighters use helicopters and hoses to douse the flames ...

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A total of 4,596 people from 1,896 households in the city were instructed to evacuate, and 3,661 of them — around 11% of the city’s population — did so.

The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres) of forest in Ofunato since it started on Wednesday, authorities said.