The devastating blaze gutted part of Daishoin Temple on Miyajima Island in the city of Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, on ...

The temple has moved the flame to a different location and authorities said the fire may have been caused by it, according to ...

A fire destroyed the historic Reikado Hall at Japan’s Daisho-in temple complex, home to a sacred “eternal flame” believed to ...

TOKYO, April 24 - Two forest fires continued to spread toward residential areas in a northern Japanese town on Friday, ...

The destruction of Reikado Hall on Miyajima island has reignited concerns over protecting Japan’s centuries-old wooden heritage sites from recurring fire risks and natural disasters.

A Buddhist hall on Japan’s Miyajima Island that housed an “eternal flame” believed to have burned for more than 1,000 years was destroyed in a fire, with aerial footage showing the building engulfed ...

A preliminary magnitude-6.1 earthquake struck northern Japan early today, the US Geological Survey has reported, but there ...

An area of Japan that lost nearly a tenth of its population in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami is now facing relentless ...