The decline in volunteer firefighters is particularly apparent in Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate prefectures, which bore the brunt of damage from the magnitude-9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake and ...

KORIYAMA, Fukushima -- The fire department in this northeastern Japan city is warning people, especially the elderly, to be cautious of hypothermia even indoors, as a vast majority of patients who ...

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of ...