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

Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba was considering declaring the country’s biggest wildfire in decades a “severe disaster ...

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 ... who fled his home to stay with a relative. "It didn't rain or snow at all this year... Thank goodness it rained today though.

The first rain fell March 5 since massive forest fires broke out Feb. 26 in the northeastern Japan city of Ofunato, Iwate ...

“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 told AFP. Japan ...

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

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 U.S. bombing campaign that targeted Japan’s cities in 1945 produced staggering civilian casualties. Military planners concluded that such destruction was necessary to end the war.