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

Firefighters on Tuesday were battling Japan's worst wildfire in half a century, which has left one dead and forced the ...

Wildfires in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, went into their sixth day of destruction on Tuesday and have scorched ...

Hundreds of residents in the northern Japanese city of Ofunato have been forced to evacuate their homes as firefighters ...

A destructive and deadly wildfire entered its sixth day here, and authorities said there is still no end in sight.

The unusually dry weather, strong winds, the prefecture's mountainous terrain — as well as what's known as a fire cycle — ...

Weather officials in Japan forecast it will rain in the wildfire-hit city of Ofunato from Wednesday through Thursday.

A massive wildfire has devastated Ofunato in Japan’s Iwate Prefecture, damaging over 80 buildings and forcing mass ...

With a wildfire still spreading here, some students such as Riku Kumagai are preparing for their high school entrance exams ...

Firefighters struggled to bring a wildfire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, under control on Friday as it continued to rage ...

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

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