Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Wednesday that the government would consider whether to declare the wildfire burning through the northeastern part of the country a “major disaster.” ...

Japan's government has announced it will release one fifth of the country's emergency rice stockpile, equivalent to 210,000 tons, to combat the steep price of rice that has made the staple food ...

A massive wildfire in northeastern Japan was declared contained Sunday after raging for 12 days, damaging at least 210 ...

On March 11, 2011, a major earthquake and a subsequent tsunami caused the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan. In 2004, ...