Rain appears to have halted the spread of Japan's worst wildfire in more than half a century, officials said Thursday, as ...

Drought in the mountainous areas of central and northeastern Japan is contributing to the spread of forest fires on a scale ...

Rain appears to have halted the spread of Japan's worst wildfire in more than half a century, officials said Thursday, as residents expressed relief the smoke was gone. The blaze had raged around ...

TOKYO: Japan partially lifted wildfire evacuation orders on Friday (Mar 7) after rain helped stop the country's worst blaze ...

It has engulfed around 2,900 hectares (7,170 acres) -- over eight times the area of New York City's Central Park -- making it Japan's largest wildfire since at least 1975, when 2,700 hectares burnt in ...

A massive wildfire in northeastern Japan has continued to spread, burning around 3,000 hectares, despite the first rainfall on Wedn ...

Japan partially lifted wildfire evacuation orders on Friday after rain helped stop the country's worst blaze in more than ...

while a man said he was "very happy that we had rain yesterday". The wildfire burnt about 2,900 hectares (7,170 acres) -- around half the size of Manhattan -- making it Japan's largest in more ...