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

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

Wet weather looked poised to offer relief Wednesday as Japan battled its worst wildfire in half a century in a northern ...

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Firefighters were Tuesday battling Japan's worst wildfire in half a century, which has left one dead and forced the ...

Tokyo - Rain appears to have halted the spread of Japan’s worst wildfire in more than half a century, officials said on March 6, as residents expressed relief the smoke was gone. The blaze had ...

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Ofunato ... This amount does not qualify as heavy rain. The Fire and Disaster Management Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and ...

"It didn't rain or snow at all this year... Thank goodness it rained today though. I can only hope it will help contain the situation," the seaweed and scallop farmer said. Japan endured its ...

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 the ...

Firefighters were battling Japan's worst wildfire in half a century, which has left one dead and forced the evacuation of ...

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 ...