Tokyo, March 25 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government Tuesday decided ... including those for cutting down and transporting fire-ravaged trees and planting trees again in fire-swept areas.

Local media said the fire started while residents were burning trash. The fires came just weeks after extensive wildfires in the northern Japanese city of Ofunato left one person dead and damaged ...

A forest fire, which started last Wednesday, continues to spread behind houses in Ofunato, Iwate prefecture, northern Japan, Monday, March 3, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP) 32,615 people played the ...

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 (5,190 acres ...

Japan has deployed more than 2,000 firefighters to battle the country's biggest forest fire in three decades. At least one person has died in the blaze, which has torched more than 5,200 acres ...

The Fire and Disaster Management Agency says there were 1,299 wildfires nationwide in 2023, and more than half occurred between February and April. It says the pattern is the same every year.