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Following the man's rescue, police in Shizuoka prefecture reiterated its advice against climbing the mountain during off-season as the weather could suddenly change, making it hard for rescuers to respond.

The Kuwati migrant, in his sixties, suffered a cardiac arrest on the boat that was carrying him and other migrants on Saturday, the Pas-de-Calais prefecture said in a statement.

The fires are burning in a forest area of Iwate Prefecture, which is Japan's second largest prefecture and has the country's second-lowest population density.

A spokesman for the prefecture said an investigation into the cause of the accident has been opened and no fatalities have been confirmed.

Kagoshima prefecture has made it mandatory for residents to write their names on their trash bags.