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

A massive wildfire in northeastern Japan expanded Monday with over 2,100 hectares burned since last week, putting more homes ...

Firefighting efforts continued in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, as the forest fire spread on Friday (Feb 28), and the number of ...

A wildfire in Japan prompts the local government to expand evacuation orders for nearly 4,600 people:: Japan Self Defense ...

Forest fires in Japan's Iwate Prefecture have forced 3,300 people to evacuate while destroying 84 homes. Posted: February 28, ...

More than 2,000 firefighters are battling Japan's biggest forest fire in three decades, officials said Monday, as some 4,600 ...

A massive wildfire in northeastern Japan expanded Monday with over 2,100 hectares burned since last week, putting more homes ...

Firefighters from around eastern Japan have joined in the effort to slow the largest forest fire in Japan in 30 years after ...

TOKYO -- The wildfire in Ofunato city of Japan's Iwate prefecture is continuing to spread, with the burned area expanding to ...

A massive forest fire in Ofunato, northeastern Japan, has spread to around 1,800 hectares as it enters its fifth day on ...

The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres) of forest in Ofunato since it started on Wednesday, authorities said.

Officials in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, say areas burned by forest fires in Ofunato City have increased to approximately 1,800 hectares.