MATSUYAMA, Ehime Prefecture--A line of wristwatches made of sawtooth oak, zelkova and cherry blossom tree were created here to help broaden the appeal of locally produced timber. The Ehime Forest ...

Wildfires in Okayama and Ehime prefectures continued to rage on March 24 after evacuation orders were issued for nearly 3,000 people. One firefighter in his 70s reportedly fell and suffered minor ...

Wildfires that began on Sunday in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan have burned through over 900 hectares of land. In the Ehime city of Imabari, 417 hectares had been burned as of ...

Another forest fire has broken out in the city of Imabari in Ehime Prefecture. Firefighting officials received a report about the blaze on Sunday afternoon. They say about 300 people are working ...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Over 900 hectares have been destroyed in total in wildfires that began on Sunday in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan. In the Ehime city of Imabari, the total ...