Ofunato A major fire occurred in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan at the end of February. Approximately 3,000 hectares of land in the city were burned, and the fire was eventually ...

Roki Sasaki lost his father in the tsunami that destroyed his hometown of Rikuzentakata on March 11, 2011. With his mother and two brothers, Sasaki moved to the nearby city of Ofunato, but he ...

It surpassed the 2,700 hectares burnt by a 1975 fire on Hokkaido island Firefighters battling a wildfire in Ofunato city of Iwate Prefecture. AFP Japan's worst wildfire in more than half a century ...

Firefighters in action near Ofunato, Iwate prefecture (Japan), March 6, 2025. FIRE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT AGENCY/AFP The fires spread quickly due to the particularly dry conditions in the ...

For those traveling through Japan’s Iwate prefecture, a visit to Takata Matsubara Memorial Park for Tsunami Disaster and the Iwate Tsunami Memorial Museum serves as more than a history lesson ...

OFUNATO, Iwate Prefecture—Rain fell here for the first time since a now-raging forest fire started nine days ago, but the precipitation stopped on the morning of March 6.

TOKYO -- The first rain fell March 5 since massive forest fires broke out Feb. 26 in the northeastern Japan city of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture. However, the situation cannot yet be declared ...

A Japanese Self-Defence Force helicopter conducting firefighting operations from the air on a wildfire site in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, in north-eastern Japan on March 4, 2025.

Firefighters battling a wildfire near the city of Ofunato, Iwate prefecture. Japan battled its worst wildfire in half a century on Wednesday in a region hit by record-low rainfall, as wet weather ...

OFUNATO, Iwate Prefecture—Much-needed rain finally arrived here on March 5, raising hopes that firefighters can slow a raging wildfire that entered its eighth day.

Firefighting operations have been underway in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, since last week where nearly 4,111 people, nearly 13 per cent of the city’s population have evacuated as of 7am local ...

Firefighters on Wednesday were still trying to put out the wildfire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, now in its second week, as snow and rain offered hope of some relief. The blaze has so far burned ...