As the massive tsunami surged over a 6.4-meter seawall, it swallowed the town below. Along the railway embankment, people ...

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

Rain appears to have halted the spread of Japan's worst wildfire in more than half a century, officials said Thursday, as ...

The wildfire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, continued burning for an eighth day on Wednesday with the burnt area increasing by ...

Firefighting operations using helicopters resumed on Thursday morning for the first time in two days in Ofunato, Iwate ...

Local authorities in a wildfire-hit city in northeastern Japan are considering lifting evacuation orders for some areas after ...

The first rain fell March 5 since massive forest fires broke out Feb. 26 in the northeastern Japan city of Ofunato, Iwate ...

The forest fire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, had burned some 2,900 hectares, or 9 % of the total area of the northeastern ...

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

Thousands have evacuated after a wildfire broke out in Japan’s Iwate Prefecture last week. At least one person has died. Snow ...

Japanese firefighters are struggling to contain a week-long wildfire on the country’s northeastern coast that has spread to ...

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