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Japan contains one of its biggest wildfires in decades after 11-day battle

The Hindu · · 78 words · By AFP
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“Wildfires that scorched forests in northern Japan, reportedly the second biggest in over 30 years, have been brought under control after 11 days”
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The claim is directly confirmed by a Wikipedia entry for the '2026 Ōtsuchi wildfires', which states the fires broke out on April 22, 2026, were the second largest in Japan since the Heisei era, and were brought under control after 11 days (as corroborated by multiple web search results).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023 Hawaii wildfires were a series of wildfires that broke out in early August 2023 in the U.S. state of Hawaii, predominantly on the island of Maui. The wind-driven fires prompted evacuations an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Hawaii_wildfires
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 22, 2026, two wildfires broke out in Ōtsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It is the second largest fire in Japan since the Heisei era behind the Ōfunato wildfire in 2025 in the same prefecture. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Ōtsuchi_wildfires
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From January 7 to 31, 2025, 14 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2025_Southern_Californ…
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“Hundreds of firefighters and more than 1,000 military personnel had battled the blazes since late April”
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Multiple independent web sources (Pakistan Today and other news reports) confirm that hundreds of firefighters and over 1,000 military personnel battled the blazes starting in late April.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — April 29 is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 246 days remain until the end of the year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_29
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is a 2024 role-playing video game developed by Rabbit and Bear Studios and published by 505 Games. It has been called a spiritual successor of lead developer Yoshitak…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered to the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan
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“they burned around 1,600 hectares (4,000 acres) across the mountainous Iwate region”
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Wikipedia specifically states the 2026 Ōtsuchi wildfires burned 1,633 hectares (4,040 acres). This is corroborated by web search results citing approximately 1,600 hectares (4,000 acres).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 20 April 2026, at 16:53 JST (07:53 UTC), a MJMA 7.5 (Mw 7.4–7.5) earthquake struck off the Sanriku Coast of Honshu, Japan, along the Japan Trench.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Sanriku_earthquake
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 22, 2026, two wildfires broke out in Ōtsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It is the second largest fire in Japan since the Heisei era behind the Ōfunato wildfire in 2025 in the same prefecture. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Ōtsuchi_wildfires
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 26 February 2025, a wildfire began in the southeast of Ōfunato, a city in the Iwate Prefecture of Japan. The fire grew to cover 2,900 ha (7,200 acres) before it was extinguished on 9 March, making …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ōfunato_wildfire
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“The affected area is almost five times the size of New York City's Central Park”
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The comparison to New York City's Central Park is explicitly mentioned in multiple web search results, including Pakistan Today, as a way to describe the scale of the affected area.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 11 March 2011, at 14:46:24 JST (05:46:24 UTC), a Mw 9.0–9.1 undersea megathrust earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean, 72 km (45 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region of Japan. I…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kamaishi (釜石市, Kamaishi-shi) is a city located on the Sanriku rias coast in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 March 2020, the city had an estimated population of 32,609, and a population density of 74…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamaishi,_Iwate
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 26 February 2025, a wildfire began in the southeast of Ōfunato, a city in the Iwate Prefecture of Japan. The fire grew to cover 2,900 ha (7,200 acres) before it was extinguished on 9 March, making …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ōfunato_wildfire
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