In the fire-placement method, the surface of a hard rock is heated by burning sapwood to make it brittle before mining. In Japan ... that began in fiscal 2023, a pit approximately 40 centimeters ...

A large fire broke out in a commercial building near a famous tourist landmark, Tsutenkaku Tower, in Osaka in western Japan, local TV footage showed on Tuesday.

“The water leaked from the training pit in the firefighting ... well above Japan’s target value of 50 nanograms per liter, according to the summary. “Since then, no fire drills have been ...