About 4,600 residents remain under evacuation advisories as the fire rages in the northern Iwate region, killing one.

A forest fire in northeastern Japan has scorched the largest area of land in more than 30 years, the central government said ...

Nearly 1,700 firefighters are battling Japan's biggest wildfire in three decades, officials said Monday, as some 4,600 ...

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 and Disaster Management Agency ...

The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres) of forest in Ofunato since it started on Wednesday, authorities said.

More than 2,000 firefighters are battling Japan's biggest forest fire in three decades, officials said Monday, as some 4,600 ...

Nearly 1,700 firefighters are battling Japan's biggest forest fire in three decades ... Early morning footage from Ofunato on national broadcaster NHK showed orange flames close to buildings ...

Nearly 1,700 firefighters are battling Japan’s biggest forest fire in three decades ... Early morning footage from Ofunato on national broadcaster NHK showed orange flames close to buildings ...

More than 2,000 firefighters, backed by military helicopters, are battling Japan’s biggest forest fire in three ... Footage from Ofunato on national broadcaster NHK showed orange flames close ...

More than 2,000 firefighters are battling Japan's biggest forest fire in three decades ... Morning footage from Ofunato on national broadcaster NHK showed orange flames close to buildings and ...