Japan has deployed 1,400 firefighters and 100 Self-Defense Force ‌personnel to battle mountain blazes in Iwate Prefecture, with the fires, now burning on Sunday for ‌a fifth straight day, continuing to ⁠threaten a picturesque coastal town. The area ⁠consumed by ⁠the fires reached 1,373 hectares as of ‌early Sunday morning,…

Hundreds of firefighters were battling wildfires in the forests of northern Japan on Saturday, as authorities urged more than 3,200 people to evacuate from their homes, government officials said. As of Saturday morning, blazes in the mountainous areas of Iwate Prefecture had burned about 700 hectares since breaking out three…