Thousands of residents have been evacuated from the northern Japan city of Ofunato due to the country’s largest wildfire in over 30 years. The fire,...

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

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 largest wildfire in Japan in more than 30 years is continuing to rage in the north of the country. At least one person is reported to have died in...

More than a thousand people have been evacuated near forest of Ofunato in northern region of Iwate

TOKYO, Japan — A wildfire in northern Japan has damaged over 80 buildings and forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents, with military...

The tropical cyclone left more than 180,000 homes without power and 170,000 without running water.

About 4,600 residents remain under evacuation advisories as the fire rages in the northern Iwate region, killing one.

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