TOKYO: Rain appears to have halted the spread of Japan's worst wildfire in more than half a century, officials said on Thursday (Mar 6), as residents expressed relief the smoke was gone.

Japan battled its worst wildfire in half a century in a region hit by record-low rainfall, as wet weather gave hope for some relief. The blaze around the northern city of Ofunato has raged for ...

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 ...

while a man said he was "very happy that we had rain yesterday". The wildfire burnt about 2,900 hectares around half the size of Manhattan making it Japan's largest in more than 50 years ...

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 ...