The Japan Times
About a decade and a half after the Great East Japan Earthquake, the city of Ofunato had its resilience tested once again by the nation’s worst wildfire in 60 years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/11/japan/society/311-anniversary-ofunato/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #iwate #wildfires #ofunato #311 #tohoku #tsunami #earthquakes
A Japanese city looks to pick up the pieces yet again

Fourteen years after the city of Ofunato in Iwate Prefecture was struck by the Great East Japan Earthquake, it experienced the nation’s worst wildfire in 60 years.

The Japan Times
Mar 10 at 10:40pmBuffer