YOKOHAMA--On a recent winter day, five members of a volunteer firefighting brigade based here were standing in front of the ...

TOKYO >> Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency plans to deploy unmanned firefighting robots and other specialized vehicles as part of its efforts to enhance the equipment and machinery used by ...

TORII STATION, Okinawa, Japan -- The U.S. Army Garrison Okinawa Fire Department and Nirai Fire Department joined forces on March 11, 2025, for a critical joint training exercise at Torii Station. The ...

A fire engulfed five houses in Ashikaga City in Tochigi Prefecture of eastern Japan, on Friday, leaving two people dead and one injured, local media said. The fire department received a call shortly ...

TOKYO, Nov 19 (Reuters) - A fire ripped through more than 170 buildings and killed one person in a southern Japanese coastal city on Wednesday, with military and firefighting helicopters scrambling to ...

TOKYO — 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 another ...