TOKYO (AP) — A man who killed five people by setting fire to a pachinko parlor in 2009 was hanged Friday in Japan’s first execution by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ‘s government as the country faces ...

Japan has seen several devastating fires at temples this year, including one that razed a 573-year-old shrine and another ...

Japan's Biggest Fire in Nearly 50 Years Ravages 170 Buildings, Kills One By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -A fire ripped through more than 170 buildings and killed one person in a southern Japanese ...

TOKYO, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Two people were found dead and three others taken to hospital after a fire broke out Saturday night at a building in the central Japanese prefecture of Gifu, local media ...

TOKYO — A joint U.S.-Japan naval drill has been canceled after a Japanese sailor went missing following a weekend fire aboard a minesweeper that eventually sank. The U.S. and Japanese navies were ...

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.

TOKYO (AP) — Firefighters and army helicopters battled a fire Wednesday that burned through a neighborhood of old wooden houses in a fishing town in southwestern Japan, killing one person, injuring ...

TOKYO — Japan expressed concern after a Chinese navy destroyer conducted live-fire drills off a remote Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday during its joint exercise with Russia, officials ...

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 5,190 acres of forest in ...