Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres ...

Firefighters have searched forests surrounding the northern Japanese city of Ofunato for lingering fires and heat sources after wildfires consumed 9 percent of the city's area.

The Borough of Trees is getting a first-of-its-kind Japanese mini-forest this spring – which is slated to improve air quality ...

A photographer in this northeast Japan city, where a major forest fire recently destroyed over 100 homes, has provided free ...

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

Feb. 28 (UPI) --Firefighters from around eastern Japan have joined in the effort to slow the largest forest fire in Japan in 30 years after it has burned nearly 3,000 acres of forest in the Iwate ...

TOKYO, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Firefighting efforts continued on Monday as a forest fire in Ofunato City of Japan's Iwate Prefecture entered its sixth day, local media reported. The fire, which broke ...

OFUNATO, Iwate -- A photographer in this northeast Japan city, where a major forest fire recently destroyed over 100 homes, has provided free photos of school events he covered to a family here ...

Japan’s bird banding data, collected over decades, has largely remained underutilized in avian movement research. Researchers ...