Firefighters in Japan Continue Battle Against Wildfire Tokyo, 2 Mar (ONA) --- Japan's disaster management agency today requested more fire departments across the country to join the battle against a forest fire that has continued to spread in the northeastern prefecture of Iwate. Nearly 1,700 firefighters from around 450 departments across the country have already joined the effort to control the blaze, which has spread over five days since last Wednesday in Ofunato, ...