Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people, forcing dozens of residents to evacuate ...

Fire departments will conduct emergency fire-safety inspections at about 30,000 multitenant buildings around Japan, Yasushi Kaneko, the internal affairs minister, said on Dec. 19. Kaneko’s ...

One dead and thousands evacuated as country battles largest fire in decades - Over 3,500 residents from over 1,300 households have been evacuated ...

TOKYO — 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 ...

Japan battled its worst wildfire ... when 2,700 hectares burnt on Hokkaido island. "The fire was nothing I've seen before. It was towering and spreading fast," local resident Mitsuo Otsubo, 85, who ...

There were about 1,300 wildfires across Japan in 2023, concentrated in the February to April period when the air dries out and winds pick up. In the case of the latest Iwate fire, “strong wind ...

Thousands of panicked residents were forced to evacuate after a wildfire in northeastern Japan damaged buildings ... an attempt to douse the blaze. The fire has so far burned at least 84 buildings ...

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