The fire department received an emergency call around 8:10 p.m. that “dead grass had caught fire” on the banks of the Arakawa river. The incident occurred as the fireworks festival was being ...

Saitama prefectural police know of at least five cases of cat parts being found near the Arakawa river in this city north of Tokyo. Teachers are instructing students to go straight home and in ...

KAWAGOE, Saitama -- Numerous broken ceramic grenades lying in the bottom of the Binnuma River, the old Arakawa River channel flowing along the borders of the cities of Saitama, Kawagoe and Fujimi ...