A fire destroyed the historic Reikado Hall at Japan’s Daisho-in temple complex, home to a sacred “eternal flame” believed to ...

The fire was extinguished half an hour after it broke out mid-morning on the fourth floor of the narrow block - Copyright AFP/File ANWAR ULLAH The fire was ...

A Buddhist hall in Western Japan known for housing an "eternal flame" that has been burning for over 1,000 years caught fire and burned to the ground on Miyajima Island. Located near Mount Misen, in ...

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 has burned about 2,100 hectares ...

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Firefighters and army helicopters battled a fire Wednesday that burned through a neighborhood in southwestern Japan, killing one person, injuring another and forcing more than 170 people to evacuate.

The destruction of Reikado Hall on Miyajima island has reignited concerns over protecting Japan’s centuries-old wooden heritage sites from recurring fire risks and natural disasters.

A passenger plane collided with a Japanese coast guard aircraft and burst into flames on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday, officials said. NHK TV reported that all occupants of Japan ...

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 (5,190 acres) of ...

TOKYO, Japan -- A passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday and burst into flames, with five people on the smaller plane killed, ...