Central Japan's Yamanashi prefecture has ordered the evacuation of nearly 150 residents following the outbreak of a forest ...

TOKYO (AP) — 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 fire has burned about 2,100 hectares ...

A fire reportedly engulfed five houses in Ashikaga City in Tochigi Prefecture of eastern Japan on Friday, leaving two people ...

Firefighters and army helicopters battled a fire Wednesday that burned through a neighborhood in southwestern Japan, killing one person, injuring another and forcing more than 170 people to evacuate.

Smoke rises from a wildfire in the hills of Ofunato, Iwate prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Thursday. Photo by Jiji Press/EPA-EFE Feb. 28 (UPI) --Firefighters from around eastern Japan have joined ...