TOKYO (AP) — Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two ... and burned 250 hectares (600 acres) of the forest. In Imabari, in the Ehime prefecture on the main ...

a unique nature experience program is underway at a park in Japan's Mie Prefecture. Ueno Forest Park in the Mie Prefecture city of Iga has been running the "Otanoshi Mori no Gakko" (fun forest ...

TOKYO - In the foothills of Mount Asama, one of Japan’s most active volcanoes ... ceiling windows to bring in views of the surrounding forest of Japanese maple, elm, magnolia and Mizunara ...

The church, formally called the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, has long been accused by Japan’s government of coercive fundraising tactics and cult-like behaviour ...

according to Japan Times. Local governments at one point ordered more than 3,000 residents to evacuate. Experts blamed dry weather and dried fallen leaves on the forest floor as likely causes of ...

TOKYO — Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people ... and burned 250 hectares (600 acres) of the forest. In Imabari, in the Ehime prefecture on the ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa ...