Japan: Raging wildfires cause mass evacuations

AI Briefing

• – Wildfires in northern Japan force mass evacuations of over 3,000 people, as over 1,000 firefighters battle the raging blazes.
• – The fires are the latest in a series of wildfires to hit the country this summer, fueled by the country's increasingly dry winters.
• – The evacuations come as Japan's fire season is expected to worsen in the coming weeks.