The visit, which will last from Sunday to Tuesday, was made at the invitation of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and coincides with the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Indonesia ...

TOKYO, March 9 (Xinhua) -- A massive wildfire in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Iwate was declared contained on Sunday after damaging at least 210 buildings, according to the local government ...

Japan's worst wildfire in more than half a century, which killed at least one person, has been brought under control, the ...

The city government of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, declared at 5 p.m. Sunday that a forest fire in the area is now under ...

The mayor of Ofunato in northeastern Japan's Iwate Prefecture has declared that wildfires burning in that city for eleven ...

Drought in the mountainous areas of central and northeastern Japan is contributing to the spread of forest fires on a scale ...

Residents expressed relief on Saturday after spending their first night back home following the partial lifting of evacuation ...

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

Continuous rain on Wednesday has helped contain the spread of a week-long wildfire in the city of Ofunato, Japan's Iwate ...

"Aerial reconnaissance this morning has not confirmed any spread of fire, fire reaching buildings or white smoke," ...

Japan partially lifted wildfire evacuation orders on Friday after rain helped stop the country's worst blaze in more than ...

Ofunato City in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, lifted its evacuation orders for some of its wildfire-hit areas at 10 a.m. on Friday.