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Japan: Massive Fire Rages in Oita, Leaving 1 Dead and Over 170 Buildings Damaged 2

A massive fire broke out in a residential area of Oita, in the Kyushu region, on Tuesday night, November 18, with local authorities reporting one man in his 70s missing, over 170 buildings damaged, and 350 homes without power. Firefighters have been battling the blaze as the prefecture prepares to request disaster relief from the Self-Defense Forces. Authorities have confirmed the death of one person, whose gender has not been identified, found among the burnt remains.

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Masatora Kawano of Japan is assisted by medical staff after crossing the finish line for the men's 35-kilometer race walk at the World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2025.

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Masatora Kawano of Japan is assisted by medical staff after crossing the finish line for the men's 35-kilometer race walk at the World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2025.

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Masatora Kawano of Japan collapses after crossing the finish line for the men's 35-kilometer race walk at the World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2025.

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Masatora Kawano of Japan crosses the finish line for the men's 35-kilometer race walk at the World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2025.

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Athletes, including (from R, front) Masatora Kawano of Japan and compatriot Hayato Katsuki, compete in the men's 35-kilometer race walk at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2025.

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Athletes, including (from R) Hayato Katsuki of Japan and compatriot Masatora Kawano, compete in the men's 35-kilometer race walk at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2025.

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Hayato Katsuki (L) of Japan and compatriot Masatora Kawano compete in the men's 35-kilometer race walk at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2025.

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Athletes, including (from L) Hayato Katsuki of Japan and compatriot Masatora Kawano, compete in the men's 35-kilometer race walk at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2025.

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Athletes, including (from R) Hayato Katsuki of Japan and compatriot Masatora Kawano, compete in the men's 35-kilometer race walk at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2025.

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Baseball: Japan vs. Netherlands

Japan's Ryusei Kawano throws in the second game of a two-game baseball exhibition series against the Netherlands at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on March 6, 2025.

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Athletics: Japanese race walker Kawano sets 35-km world record

Masatora Kawano poses after winning the men's 35-kilometer race walk in a world record of 2 hours, 21 minutes, 47 seconds at the Japanese national championships in Takahata in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata on Oct. 27, 2024.

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Athletics: Japanese race walker Kawano sets 35-km world record

Masatora Kawano wins the men's 35-kilometer race walk in a world record of 2 hours, 21 minutes, 47 seconds at the Japanese national championships in Takahata in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata on Oct. 27, 2024.

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Athletics: Japanese race walker Kawano sets 35-km world record

Masatora Kawano wins the men's 35-kilometer race walk in a world record of 2 hours, 21 minutes, 47 seconds at the Japanese national championships in Takahata in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata on Oct. 27, 2024.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Athletes including Japan's Masatora Kawano (front, 2nd from R) compete in the marathon race walk mixed relay at the Paris Olympics at the Trocadero in Paris on Aug. 7, 2024.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Masatora Kawano (L) competes in the marathon race walk mixed relay at the Paris Olympics at the Trocadero in Paris on Aug. 7, 2024.

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(SP)HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-ATHLETICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-DAY 6

(230825) -- BUDAPEST, Aug. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Silver medalist Brian Daniel Pintado (L) of Ecuador, gold medalist Alvaro Martin (C) of Spain and bronze medalist Masatora Kawano of Japan attend the awarding ceremony for the Men's 35km Race Walk at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 in Budapest, Hungary on Aug. 24, 2023. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)

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Athletics: World championships

(From L) Silver medalist Brian Daniel Pintado of Ecuador, gold medalist Alvaro Martin of Spain and Masatora Kawano of Japan pose during a medal ceremony for the men's 35-kilometer race walk at the world athletics championships in Budapest on Aug. 24, 2023.

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Athletics: World championships

Bronze medalist Masatora Kawano of Japan flashes a smile during a medal ceremony for the men's 35-kilometer race walk at the world athletics championships in Budapest on Aug. 24, 2023.

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Athletics: World championships

Bronze medalist Masatora Kawano of Japan flashes a smile during a medal ceremony for the men's 35-kilometer race walk at the world athletics championships in Budapest on Aug. 24, 2023.

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(SP)HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-ATHLETICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-DAY 6

(230824) -- BUDAPEST, Aug. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Third placed Kawano Masatora of Japan poses for photos after the Men's 35km Race Walk Final of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 in Budapest, Hungary, Aug. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Lili)

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(SP)HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-ATHLETICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-DAY 6

(230824) -- BUDAPEST, Aug. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Third placed Kawano Masatora of Japan poses for photos after the Men's 35km Race Walk Final of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 in Budapest, Hungary, Aug. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Lili)

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(SP)HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-ATHLETICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-DAY 6

(230824) -- BUDAPEST, Aug. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Alvaro Martin (C) of Spain, poses with Brian Daniel Pintado (L) of Ecuador and Kawano Masatora of Japan after the World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 in Budapest, Hungary, Aug. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Ying)

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Athletics: World championships

Masatora Kawano of Japan celebrates after winning bronze in the men's 35-kilometer race walk at the world athletics championships in Budapest on Aug. 24, 2023.

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Athletics: World championships

Masatora Kawano of Japan celebrates after winning bronze in the men's 35-kilometer race walk at the world athletics championships in Budapest on Aug. 24, 2023.

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Athletics: World championships

Masatora Kawano of Japan celebrates after winning bronze in the men's 35-kilometer race walk at the world athletics championships in Budapest on Aug. 24, 2023.

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Athletics: World championships

Masatora Kawano of Japan competes en route to winning bronze in the men's 35-kilometer race walk at the world athletics championships in Budapest on Aug. 24, 2023.

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Athletics: World championships

Masatora Kawano of Japan finishes third in the men's 35-kilometer race walk at the world athletics championships in Budapest on Aug. 24, 2023.

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Athletics: World championships

Masatora Kawano of Japan finishes third in the men's 35-kilometer race walk at the world athletics championships in Budapest on Aug. 24, 2023.

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Athletics: World championships

Masatora Kawano of Japan finishes third in the men's 35-kilometer race walk at the world athletics championships in Budapest on Aug. 24, 2023.

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Man finds E. Asia's oldest alligator fossil in Shimane

MATSUE, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 25, 2013, shows Shigenori Kawano, researcher at Shimane Nature Museum of Mt. Sanbe, with East Asia's oldest fossil of a giant alligator dating from around 20 million years ago, at the museum in Oda, Shimane Prefecture. In mid-July the same year, Kawano found the fossil of the backbone of a giant alligator estimated to be as large as 7 meters long on Oki Island in the prefecture.

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Japan-U.S. alliance to remain firm

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 10 Kyodo - Lt. Gen. Jerry Martinez (R), commander of U.S. forces in Japan, shakes hands with Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff, after their joint press conference at the U.S. military base in the western Japan city of Iwakuni on Nov. 10, 2016. Both of them reaffirmed the importance of the bilateral alliance following Republican Donald Trump's victory in presidential election.

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Top Japan SDF officer visits U.S. cemetery for tribute

WASHINGTON, United States - Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano (C), chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff, visits the Arlington National Cemetery near Washington to pay floral tribute on Dec. 17, 2014.

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Japan and U.S. to launch joint research on methane hydrate

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Hirobumi Kawano, president of Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp., Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoichi Miyazawa, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy and Christopher Smith, principal deputy assistant secretary for fossil energy at the U.S. Energy Department, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2014, after signing documents to launch joint research into the development of methane hydrate, an energy source also known as burning ice.

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World conference against nukes held in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Koichi Kawano, chairman of the Japan Congress Against A- and H-Bombs, speaks at a meeting of the World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Aug. 4, 2014.

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Antinuclear group head speaks at world conference

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Koichi Kawano, chairman of the Japan Congress Against A- and H-Bombs (Gensuikin), calls for abolition of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy at the World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs began in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on July 27, 2014.

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Japan's navy chief of staff attends symposium in China

QINGDAO, China - Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, speaks to reporters after the Western Pacific Naval Symposium in the Chinese port city of Qingdao on April 22, 2014.

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Sony's PlayStation 4 hits Japanese market

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. President and CEO Andrew House, Ryo Watanabe, the first Japanese customer for the PlayStation 4, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan President Hiroshi Kawano, and actress and fashion model Mayuko Kawakita celebrate in Tokyo's Ginza district on Feb. 22, 2014, as the the gaming unit of Sony Corp. launched the successor to the PlayStation 3 console in Japan.

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Sony's PlayStation 4 hits Japanese market

TOKYO, Japan - Ryo Watanabe, the first Japanese customer for the PlayStation 4, is flanked by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. President and CEO Andrew House (L) and Sony Computer Entertainment Japan President Hiroshi Kawano (R) in Tokyo's Ginza district on Feb. 22, 2014, as the gaming unit of Sony Corp. began selling the successor to the PlayStation 3 console in Japan.

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Green Cross-Excutives appologise

Green Cross executives (Takehiko Kawano, the president of the Green Cross - 2nd from left) appologize at the press conference on March 14, 1996. Green Cross sold unsterilized blood products in March 1985 and did not recall the products even after the company began selling safe, heated agents in January 1986. Hundreds of hemophiliacs filed damage suits in Tokyo and Osaka against the company.

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Senior defense official arrested over suspected bid rigging

TOKYO, Japan - A car carrying Takayoshi Kawano, technical councilor at the Defense Facilities Administration Agency, enters the Tokyo Detention House on Jan. 30. Kawano and two others were arrested on suspicion of leading bid rigging for projects ordered by the agency.

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M&As among smaller enterprises being used

TOKYO, Japan - Yumiko Kawano (C), 52, managing director of Hope Life Inc., works with her employees in Oita city, Oita Prefecture. The photo was taken in November, 2005.

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World's largest seabird fossil unearthed in Japan

IWAI, Japan - The photo (bottom) shows what is believed to be the world's largest bone fossil, a humerus, ever discovered of ''plotopteridae,'' a diving seabird that resembled a penguin, researcher Takashige Kawano, 52, of Saga Prefecture, announces at a conference of the Palaeontological Society of Japan in the city of Iwai, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Jan. 28. Above it is the plotopteridae humerus previously discovered. The fossil was discovered in April 1996 under a layer of earth, estimated to be 34 million years old, by Kawano, in the town of Sakito, Nagasaki Prefecture.

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Papers signed for continued use of U.S. base sites

NAHA, Japan - Takayoshi Kawano, an official of the Defense Facilities Administration Agency, signs Aug. 16 papers required for continuing the forcible lease of sites in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, used by the U.S. military despite the refusals of landowners.

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Tokyo, London agree on return of MOX fuel

TOKYO, Japan - Natural Resources and Energy Agency chief Hirobumi Kawano (L) and Anna Walker, the Energy Bureau chief of Britain's Department of Trade and Industry, shake hands July 11 in Tokyo shortly before reaching an agreement whereby tainted mixed uranium-plutonium oxide (MOX) fuel manufactured by British Nuclear Fuels PLC (BNFL) is to be returned to Britain from Japan. It came to light last year that quality-assurance data on MOX fuel shipments intended for use at two reactors in Japan had been falsified by BNFL workers.

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(SP)U.S.-EUGENE-ATHLETICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-MEN'S 35KM RACE WALK-AWARDING CEREMONY

(220725) -- EUGENE, July 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Massimo Stano (C) of Italy, silver medalist Kawano Masatora (L) of Japan and bronze medalist Perseus Karlstrom of Sweden pose for photos during the awarding ceremony of the men's 35km race walk final at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 in Eugene, Oregon, the United States, July 24, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)

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(SP)U.S.-EUGENE-ATHLETICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-MEN'S 35KM RACE WALK-AWARDING CEREMONY

(220725) -- EUGENE, July 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Silver medalist Kawano Masatora of Japan celebrates during the awarding ceremony of the men's 35km race walk final at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 in Eugene, Oregon, the United States, July 24, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)

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Athletics: World championships in Oregon

Italy's Massimo Stano (L) competes en route to winning the men's 35-kilometer race walk at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on July 24, 2022. Japan's Masatora Kawano (R) finished second.

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Athletics: World championships in Oregon

Italy's Massimo Stano (R) hugs Masatora Kawano of Japan after winning the men's 35-kilometer race walk at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on July 24, 2022. Kawano finished second.

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Athletics: World championships in Oregon

Italy's Massimo Stano (C) celebrates after winning the men's 35-kilometer race walk at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on July 24, 2022, alongside Masatora Kawano of Japan (R) and Perseus Karlstrom of Sweden, who finished second and third, respectively.

Japan: Massive Fire Rages in Oita, Leaving 1 Dead and Over 170 Buildings Damaged 2

Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Baseball: Japan vs. Netherlands

Athletics: Japanese race walker Kawano sets 35-km world record

Athletics: Japanese race walker Kawano sets 35-km world record

Athletics: Japanese race walker Kawano sets 35-km world record

Paris Olympics: Athletics

Paris Olympics: Athletics

(SP)HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-ATHLETICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-DAY 6

Athletics: World championships

Athletics: World championships

Athletics: World championships

(SP)HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-ATHLETICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-DAY 6

(SP)HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-ATHLETICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-DAY 6

(SP)HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-ATHLETICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-DAY 6

Athletics: World championships

Athletics: World championships

Athletics: World championships

Athletics: World championships

Athletics: World championships

Athletics: World championships

Athletics: World championships

Man finds E. Asia's oldest alligator fossil in Shimane

Japan-U.S. alliance to remain firm

Top Japan SDF officer visits U.S. cemetery for tribute

Japan and U.S. to launch joint research on methane hydrate

World conference against nukes held in Hiroshima

Antinuclear group head speaks at world conference

Japan's navy chief of staff attends symposium in China

Sony's PlayStation 4 hits Japanese market

Sony's PlayStation 4 hits Japanese market

Green Cross-Excutives appologise

Senior defense official arrested over suspected bid rigging

M&amp;As among smaller enterprises being used

World's largest seabird fossil unearthed in Japan

Papers signed for continued use of U.S. base sites

Tokyo, London agree on return of MOX fuel

(SP)U.S.-EUGENE-ATHLETICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-MEN'S 35KM RACE WALK-AWARDING CEREMONY

(SP)U.S.-EUGENE-ATHLETICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-MEN'S 35KM RACE WALK-AWARDING CEREMONY

Athletics: World championships in Oregon

Athletics: World championships in Oregon

Athletics: World championships in Oregon

M&As among smaller enterprises being used