Wildfires have struck at least two areas in western Japan, causing damage to a number of homes and forcing dozens of residents to evacuate. Fires in Okayama and Ehime prefectures have burned 370 ...

TOKYO — Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people, forcing dozens of residents to evacuate and damaging a number of homes as hundreds of firefighters ...

A wildfire burns in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on March 23, 2025. (Kyodo) MATSUYAMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Wildfires broke out Sunday in mountainous areas of two western Japan prefectures ...

This photo taken on March 28, 2025, shows an area burned by a wildfire in the western Japan city of Imabari in Ehime Prefecture. (Kyodo) OKAYAMA (Kyodo) -- Wildfires in Okayama Prefecture in ...

The mayor of Ofunato City in northeastern Japan's Iwate Prefecture has said there is no fear of a fire spreading again from ...