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 ...

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

TOKYO (AP) — 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 ...

TOKYO, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Wildfires that broke out in Okayama City, western Japan, nearly three weeks ago, have been extinguished, local media reported. The city's fire department made the ...