The Mogami River is one of the most important waterways in northern Japan. It runs for 229 kilometers through Yamagata Prefecture, with around 80% of the prefecture's population living along its ...

As per Kyodo News, the forest fire is the biggest in Japan since the late 1980s, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. Earlier on Sunday, Japan's disaster management agency ...

Makino Mantaro, in the Japan Broadcasting Corp ... the end of the last glacial period, and the forest today is primarily unchanged from 8,000 years ago. That was the Jomon Period when ancient ...

A wildfire in northern Japan has damaged over 80 buildings and forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents, with military helicopters mobilised to help put it out, authorities said Thursday.

Kato explained in the Japan Times, “There is a big misconception that fires don’t occur in humid climates, but this is actually not true, and forest fires can occur anywhere in the world.” ...

Smoke rises from a wildfire in the hills of Ofunato, Iwate prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Thursday. Photo by Jiji Press/EPA-EFE Advertisement ...

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“We will do our best to make sure the Sumida River Fireworks Festival is held safely,” said an organizing committee member of plans to hold the midsummer tradition on the same scale as in ...