Officials cautioned it was too early to say for sure the fire had stopped growing. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Japan battled its worst wildfire in half a century Wednesday (Mar 5) in a region hit by record-low rainfall, as wet weather ...

Japan battled its worst wildfire in half a century on Wednesday in a region hit by record-low rainfall, as wet weather gave ...

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

Japan’s worst wildfire in more than half a century, which killed at least one person, has been brought under control, the ...

TOKYO: Japan's worst wildfire in more than half a century, which killed at least one person, has been brought under control, ...

Steady rainfall on Wednesday has helped contain the spread of a week-long wildfire in Ofunato City of Japan's Iwate ...

Firefighters from 14 Japanese regions, including units from Tokyo, were now tackling the blaze, with 16 helicopters -- ...

More than 2,000 firefighters are battling Japan's biggest forest fire in three decades, officials said Monday, as some 4,600 ...

An evacuation order affecting a northeastern Japan city was partially lifted Friday, as the risk of the further spread of a ...