KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Japan has donated five firefighting trucks to the Uganda Police Force (UPF). The donation ...

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 mountainous terrain makes it hard for fire trucks to access the area ... and the western US – are unusual for Japan, an island nation with a humid climate. But unseasonable hotter and ...

Japan was battling its largest wildfire in more than three decades ... in the forest of Ofunato in the northern region of Iwate since fire broke out on Feb. 26, according to the Fire and Disaster ...

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 ...

The fire also follows Japan's hottest summer on record last year, as climate change pushes up temperatures worldwide. As of Tuesday morning, the wildfire had engulfed around 2,600ha, the fire and ...

TOKYO — 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 ...