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Yomiuri Shimbun file photo Prime Minister’s Office
The Yomiuri Shimbun
20:00 JST, February 27, 2025
In the wake of an extensive forest fire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, the government has set up an information liaison office in the crisis management center of the Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo on Thursday to gather information.
“The fire has affected many residences and other structures, so we are now looking to confirm the details,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said at a press conference on Thursday morning. “We’d like to offer the necessary support by working closely with municipal governments.”
