Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people, forcing dozens of residents to evacuate and damaging homes as hundreds of firefighters battled the widening blaze in ...

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

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

More than 2,000 firefighters have been deployed to combat Japan’s largest forest fire in 30 years ... the region recorded just 2.5 millimeters of rain — significantly below the average ...

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

Drought in the mountainous areas of central and northeastern Japan is contributing to the spread of forest fires on a scale not seen for over 30 years. The city of Ofunato, already devastated by the ...

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

Unseasonable drier weather may be making the country more vulnerable to fires by leaving forests parched. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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 ...

Thousands of panicked residents were forced to evacuate after a wildfire in northeastern Japan damaged buildings and prompted the mobilization of military helicopters to douse the raging blaze ...

TOKYO — A wildfire in northern Japan has damaged over 80 buildings and forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents, with military helicopters mobilized to help put it out, authorities said ...