Hundreds of residents in two cities in Iwate Prefecture were ordered to evacuate on Feb. 25 after a mountain fire broke out ...

Firefighters on the morning of Feb. 27 continued battling the latest forest fire here that has spread to several locations ...

Steady rainfall on Wednesday has helped contain the spread of a week-long wildfire in Ofunato City of Japan's Iwate ...

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

The city saw 26.5 millimeters of rain on Wednesday, far exceeding the 2.5mm total for the entire month of February.

The unusually dry weather, strong winds, the prefecture's mountainous terrain — as well as what's known as a fire cycle — ...

Firefighting efforts continued in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, as the forest fire spread on Friday (Feb 28), and the number of ...

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

Firefighters from around eastern Japan have joined in the effort to slow the largest forest fire in Japan in 30 years after ...

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

Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba was considering declaring the country’s biggest wildfire in decades a “severe disaster ...

The fire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture has forced residents to evacuate since breaking out Wednesday and spreading over a wide ...