which commemorates the 600 people - at least 13 of whom were Japanese - who died in the 1918 Happy Valley racecourse fire. It was originally erected at So Kon Po by the Japanese Benevolent Society ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city TOKYO -- Japan is fighting a forest fire that has ...

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 ...

As of Thursday morning, city officials estimated that at least 84 buildings had been damaged by the fire, which the Self-Defence Forces were trying to extinguish from the sky. Picture: The Japan ...

And 2024 was Japan’s hottest since records began, mirroring other nations as ever-rising greenhouse gas emissions fuel climate change. In the case of the latest Iwate fire, “strong wind ...

There were about 1,300 wildfires across Japan in 2023, concentrated in the February to April period when the air dries out and winds pick up. In the case of the latest Iwate fire, “strong wind ...

Thousands of panicked residents were forced to evacuate after a wildfire in northeastern Japan damaged buildings ... an attempt to douse the blaze. The fire has so far burned at least 84 buildings ...

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 ...

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 ...

Japan was battling its largest wildfire in more ... in the forest of Ofunato in the northern region of Iwate since fire broke out on Wednesday, according to the Fire and Disaster Management ...

TOKYO, March 17, (Xinhua): A house fire in Japan's Kochi City on Monday left two dead and another one in critical condition, local police reported. The fire broke out around 8:30 am local time, ...