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The fire, in a forested area of the coastal city of Ofunato, killed at least one person and prompted evacuation orders for ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency is warning people around central Japan, including Tokyo’s 23 wards, about accumulated snow ...

Residents have been instructed to evacuate, as more than 2,000 firefighters use helicopters and hoses to douse the flames ...

At least one person has died and thousands have been evacuated as Japan battles record-breaking wildfires along the east ...

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

According to Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency, the fire first broke out on Wednesday, and the authorities are ...

Forest fires have been reported in the Japanese prefectures of Nagano and Yamanashi in addition to the fires in the city of ...

As of March 1, more than 1,000 nearby residents were evacuated and more than 80 buildings damaged, the municipality said ...

This blaze is the largest forest fire Japan has faced since a 1992 wildfire in Hokkaido, which destroyed more than 1,000 ...

Japanese character goods company Sanrio, famous for Hello Kitty, will open a new museum in Kai City in the central prefecture ...